Perpetuum Mobile: A Study of the Novels and Aesthetics of Michel Butor

312 Pages·1980·15.38 MB·English

by  Mary Lydon

Perpetuum
Mobile
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Perpetuum
Mobile
A study of the novels
and aesthetics of
MICHEL BUTOR
Mary Lydon
The University of Alberta Press
First published by
The University of Alberta Press
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1980
ISBN 0-88864-081-1 (paperback)
ISBN 0-88864-055-2 (hardcover)
copyright © The University of Alberta Press 1980
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Lydon, Mary.
Perpetuum mobile
Bibliography: p.
ISBN 0-88864-055-2
1. Butor, Michel, 1926-
Criticism and interpretation. I. Title.
PQ2603.U73Z79 848'.914 C79-091228-7
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Contents
List of abbreviations ix
Foreword x
Acknowledgements xii
Preface xiv
1 The Novel and Novelty l
2 The Uses of Criticism 18
3 A Commonplace Book 38
4 The Music of Time 68
5 Train of Thought 100
6 Degrees of Affinity 123
7 New Departures 157
8 The Smithy of the Soul 196
9 Words and Images 235
Bibliography 261
Translations 272
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Abbreviations
ET L'Emploi du temps
HE Histoire extraordinaire
PA Portrait de I'artiste en jeune singe
PM Passage de Milan
Rl Repertoire
R2 Repertoire II
R3 Repertoire III
Editor's note: A translation of Michel Butor's foreword and transla-
tions of the block quotations in the text appear on pages 272 to 295.