Michel Tournier: Modern Literatures In Perspective

Introduction; Part 1 Surveying the work; Chapter 1 Michel Tournier Being a Novelist; Chapter 2 Christiane Baroche The Perpetual Temptation of Impossible Cures in the Work of Michel Tournier; Chapter 3 Françoise Merllié Relations between the Sexes in the Work of Michel Tournier; Chapter 4 Michael Worton The Genesis of Fiction: Origin as Theme and Problem in Tournier’s Work; Chapter 5 Kirsty Fergusson Metaphysical Desires and Ironist Devices in the Works of Michel Tournier; Part 2 Scrutinizing the work; Chapter 6 Lynn Salkin Sbiroli Learning and Unlearning: Tournier, Defoe, Voltaire; Chapter 7 Arlette Bouloumié Germanic Variations on the Theme of Phoria in The Erl-King (the influence of Nietzsche, Bach and Mithraism); Chapter 8 William Cloonan History and Legend in Tournier’s Works; Chapter 9 Colin Davis Authorship and Authority in The Wind Spirit; Chapter 10 Mireille Rosello Art and Impertinence in The Midnight Love Feast, K. Fergusson; Part 3 An Interview; Chapter 11 Talking shop: Michel Tournier in interview with Michael Worton;

Michael Worton is Vice-Provost and Fielden Professor of French Language and Literature at University College London.

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This volume of essays brings together critical analysis and commentary on the literary work of Michel Tournier.