The «Fausts» of Gérard de Nerval: Intertextuality, Translation, Adaptation

by Stephen Butler

Overview

Gérard de Nerval's French translations of Goethe's Faust are key works in Franco-German cultural relations. This book presents a nuanced view of works that continue to be the principal conveyors in France of arguably the foremost work of German literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788741835
Publisher:	Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	08/31/2018
Series:	European Connections: Studies in Comparative Literature, Intermediality and Aesthetics , #40
Edition description:	New
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephen Butler holds a PhD in German Studies from the University of Manchester. He specializes in comparative literature, in particular Franco–German cultural relations in the nineteenth century, and also has an interest in the translation of English literature into French. He is currently working on a study of Amédée Pichot’s French translation of Byron’s Manfred.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: Contextualisation: The Gradual Assimilation of Faust and Other Foreign Literature in France – Nerval’s, Stapfer’s, and Sainte-Aulaire’s French Translations of Goethe’s Faust – Nerval’s Original Faustian Dramas: The Faust Fragment, Nicolas Flamel, and L’Imagier de Harlem.