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Tristan Corbiereand the Poetics

of IronyK ATH E R IN E L UN N - RO C K L IF F E

CLARENDON PRESS OXFORD

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Lunn-Rockliffe, Katherine, 1974 -Tristan Corbiere and the poetics of irony / Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe.

p. cm. (Oxford modern languages and literature monographs)Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN-13: 978 0 19 9295883 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0199295883 (alk. paper)1. Corbiere, Tristan, 1845 1875 Criticism and interpretation. 2. Irony in

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Contents

Note on References viii

Introduction 1

1. Voice-Defying Lyricism 11

2. Describing Brittany: Multiple Perspectives 52

3. Portraits of the Artist: Ironizing Irony 93

4. Thought-Feeling: The Language of Sensation 131

5. Rondels pour aprs: Circular Suggestion 171

Conclusion 216

Appendix: An early draft of Veder Napoli poi mori 220

Bibliography 221Index 231