Signs and Designs Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor
, by Duffy, Jean H.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780853237785 | 0853237786
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/1/2003
In the course of a writing career spanning half a century, Michel Butor has produced a remarkable range and volume of publications, including fiction, travel works, poetry, critical essays and various types of mixed-genre works which resist ready categorization. Much of this very diverse oeuvre is marked by his life-long passion for the visual arts. This study is the first full-length analysis of the role played by the references to the visual, plastic and architectural arts in Butor2s work. It addresses a wide range of issues including the role of the artwork, building or monument as narrative generator; the reflexive functions of the visual and architectural references; the interaction between visual/architectural references and intertextual citation; the role of collaboration in Butor2s oeuvre; the relationship between cultural baggage and the workings of the unconscious; the tension between Butor2s fascination for non-European artistic traditions and his continuing dialogue with the Western tradition.