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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : électronique
Auteur(s) : Avsenik Nabergoj, Irena (1969-....)
Titre(s) : The power of love and guilt [Texte électronique] : representations of the mother and woman in the literature of Ivan Cankar / Irena Avsenik Nabergoj ; translation, Jason Blake
Publication : Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : The Slovenian dramatist, poet, literary critic and essayist Ivan Cankar (1876-1918)
was one of the greatest Slovenian writers and stylists, as well as the pioneer of
modern Slovenian literature. This book, a follow-up to the author's study "Mirror
of Reality and Dreams: Stories and Confessions" of Ivan Cankar, is the second English-language
monograph on Cankar's literary oeuvre. Whereas the first study focused on Cankar's
social and moral criticism, this monograph sheds light on the mother and woman as
portrayed in his works. Through the figure of the mother, Cankar reveals his delicate
and subtle relation to weaker individuals in general; the figure of woman in his works
illustrates his complicated, often two-fold, internally contradictory relation to
love and sexuality. Review: The author leads the reader into the essential characteristics
of Cankar's literary presentation of love and intimacy and acquaints the world literary
public with a Slovenian contribution to European culture that up to now has been too
little known and respected. (Zinka Zorko, University of Maribor) In his descriptions
of his intimate experiences of his relationships with woman Cankar is perhaps most
subtle in showing the limitless horizons of the word in expressing the inexpressible.
The author of the monograph represents an analytic and synthetic examination of Cankar's
literary texts from a literary, psychological and ethical perspective in terms of
subtle artistic sensitivity and academic excellence. (Joze Krasovec, University of
Ljubljana). - Bibliogr. p. 411-436. Indexe
Sujet(s) : Cankar, Ivan (1876-1918) -- Critique et interprétation
Mères -- Dans la littérature
Femmes -- Dans la littérature
Littérature slovène
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783653026696
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46839598d
Notice n° :
FRBNF46839598