The Perilous Journey from Melancholy to Love: A Kristevan Reading of Le Médianoche amoureux

Since the publication of Michel Tournier's first novel Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique in 1967, in which his protagonist Robinson makes fruitful the very earth of his desert island and eventually accedes to the cosmic transcendence embodied in his mentor and companion Vendredi, this conte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karen D. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1995-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol19/iss2/4