Christopher M. Jones

Boris Vian Transatlantic

Sources, Myths, and Dreams

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Boris Vian lived during a period of redefinition in France, from the instability of the Thirties, through the German Occupation, then into the friendly if overwhelming presence of the American liberators. Vian resisted identification with the movements now associated with mid-century French literary and intellectual history - surrealism, existentialism, the absurd - while creating a multifaceted oeuvre that owed and contributed something to them all. This study concentrates, however, on the importance of American influences on Vian's extensive jazz activities and his mock translations of American noir novels under the name Vernon Sullivan. Vi… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8204-4013-2
EAN: 9780820440132
Produktnummer: 19038022
Verlag: Lang, Peter
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.7 cm 431 g
Reihenbandnummer: 25
Gewicht: 431

Über den Autor

The Author: Christopher M. Jones is Senior Lecturer in French in the Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he teaches francophone language and culture. He received his M.A. from Boston College and his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.