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Signs and Designs: Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor
Signs and Designs Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor Author:Jean H. Duffy In the course of a writing career spanning half a century, Michel Butor has produced a remarkable range and volume of publications, including fiction, travel works, poetry, critical essays and various types of mixed-genre works which resist ready categorization. Much of this very diverse oeuvre is marked by his life-long passion for the visual a... more »rts. This study is the first full-length analysis of the role played by the references to the visual, plastic and architectural arts in Butor?s work. It addresses a wide range of issues including the role of the artwork, building or monument as narrative generator; the reflexive functions of the visual and architectural references; the interaction between visual/architectural references and intertextual citation; the role of collaboration in Butor?s oeuvre; the relationship between cultural baggage and the workings of the unconscious; the tension between Butor?s fascination for non-European artistic traditions and his continuing dialogue with the Western tradition.« less