Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2009
Publication Title
L'Esprit Créateur
First Page
31
Last Page
43
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/esp.0.0192
Abstract
This essay studies Ducasse’s various stylistic strategies for triggering the reader’s pleasure, or lack thereof. By considering Riffaterre’s concept of style, I demonstrate that Ducasse’s sentence organization and word choice underscore negation. Analyzing a passage from canto three highlights the stylistic means used to hinder the reader’s pleasure.
Rights
Copyright ©; 2009 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This article first appeared in L'Esprit Créateur, Volume 49, Issue 4, Winter, 2009, pages 31-43.
Recommended Citation
Sureau-Hale, Eloise, "Les Chants de maldoror: plaisir de la négation, négation du plaisir" L'Esprit Créateur / (Winter 2009): 31-43.
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