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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Main Author: Anne Rouhette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne 2023-06-01
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.
ISSN:2275-0827