Apogée ou appendice ? « Mont Blanc » et le mont Blanc dans Histoire d’un voyage de six semaines, de Mary Shelley et Percy Bysshe Shelley (1817)
"Mont Blanc", a poem written by Percy Shelley, published in 1817 in a travel account entitled History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (written with Mary Shelley) has sparked debate. Indeed, some critics consider, from a teleological perspective, that the prosaic part of the story was revised to prepa...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Clermont Auvergne
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Viatica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/506 |
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| Summary: | "Mont Blanc", a poem written by Percy Shelley, published in 1817 in a travel account entitled History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (written with Mary Shelley) has sparked debate. Indeed, some critics consider, from a teleological perspective, that the prosaic part of the story was revised to prepare the reader for the sublime of the poem; while for others, the poem is merely an appendix to a composite work. Several arguments may support each of the two hypotheses; yet, in any case, it would seem that the travel narrative is more fictional than referential. |
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| ISSN: | 2275-0827 |