JULIEN'S QUEST FOR "SELF": "QUI SUIS-JE?"

The ending of Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir has frequently been characterized by critics as inappropriate, inconsistent, over-abrupt, spoiled by author-intervention; etc. In fact, difficulties of the ending arise directly out of the intrinsic dualisms of Julien's character. These, seen fr...

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Main Author: Ragland-Sullivan, Mary Eloise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Nebraska Press 1979
In: Nineteenth century French studies
Year: 1979, Volume: 8, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-13
Further subjects:B Girard, René (1923-2015)
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