This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including dandyism, art and the Decadent Movement. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:...
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Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans (Book Analysis)
Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280801141958EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including dandyism, art and the Decadent Movement. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans
Presentation of Against Nature
Summary of Against Nature
Character study
Analysis of Against Nature
The meaning of the title
A dandy adrift
Break with naturalism
Critical reception
About Against Nature
Against Nature follows the protagonist Duc Jean Floressas des Esseintes, the last descendant of an old aristocratic family that has been weakened by generations of consanguineous marriages. He is disgusted by what he sees as the materialism and mediocrity of the society around him and seeks refuge in art and literature, but his attempts to withdraw from the world result in the calamitous decline of his physical and mental health.
In spite of its unusual form (the novel has no plot as such, and is structured by the wanderings of des Esseintes’ mind rather than by specific episodes), the novel was well received when it was first published and is now recognized as one of the most important works of the 19th century.
About Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans, born in 1848, was a French writer. He was originally involved with Naturalism, but eventually drifted away from it and from Émile Zola, the leader of the movement. He broke away from Zola completely in 1884, the year his most famous novel, À rebours (commonly translated into English as Against the Grain or Against Nature) was published. He was later associated with the Decadent Movement. A number of his works are autobiographical in nature and follow the evolution of characters who closely resemble him.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including dandyism, art and the Decadent Movement. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans
Presentation of Against Nature
Summary of Against Nature
Character study
Analysis of Against Nature
The meaning of the title
A dandy adrift
Break with naturalism
Critical reception
About Against Nature
Against Nature follows the protagonist Duc Jean Floressas des Esseintes, the last descendant of an old aristocratic family that has been weakened by generations of consanguineous marriages. He is disgusted by what he sees as the materialism and mediocrity of the society around him and seeks refuge in art and literature, but his attempts to withdraw from the world result in the calamitous decline of his physical and mental health.
In spite of its unusual form (the novel has no plot as such, and is structured by the wanderings of des Esseintes’ mind rather than by specific episodes), the novel was well received when it was first published and is now recognized as one of the most important works of the 19th century.
About Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans, born in 1848, was a French writer. He was originally involved with Naturalism, but eventually drifted away from it and from Émile Zola, the leader of the movement. He broke away from Zola completely in 1884, the year his most famous novel, À rebours (commonly translated into English as Against the Grain or Against Nature) was published. He was later associated with the Decadent Movement. A number of his works are autobiographical in nature and follow the evolution of characters who closely resemble him.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Joris-Karl Huysmans
- Presentation of Against Nature
- Summary of Against Nature
- Character study
- Analysis of Against Nature
- The meaning of the title
- A dandy adrift
- Break with naturalism
- Critical reception
About Against Nature
Against Nature follows the protagonist Duc Jean Floressas des Esseintes, the last descendant of an old aristocratic family that has been weakened by generations of consanguineous marriages. He is disgusted by what he sees as the materialism and mediocrity of the society around him and seeks refuge in art and literature, but his attempts to withdraw from the world result in the calamitous decline of his physical and mental health.
In spite of its unusual form (the novel has no plot as such, and is structured by the wanderings of des Esseintes’ mind rather than by specific episodes), the novel was well received when it was first published and is now recognized as one of the most important works of the 19th century.
About Joris-Karl Huysmans
Joris-Karl Huysmans, born in 1848, was a French writer. He was originally involved with Naturalism, but eventually drifted away from it and from Émile Zola, the leader of the movement. He broke away from Zola completely in 1884, the year his most famous novel, À rebours (commonly translated into English as Against the Grain or Against Nature) was published. He was later associated with the Decadent Movement. A number of his works are autobiographical in nature and follow the evolution of characters who closely resemble him.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782808011419 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 58 |
| File size | 2.2 MB |
