Ishmael is set in Brittany and Paris, mainly between 1850 and 1867, during the reign of Louis Napoleon
. The title character is the son of a Breton aristocrat, despised by his father on...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Julia Kristeva
This continues Kristeva's psychological investigation of states of the human mind, and of their representation in literature and art. In this case her analysis brings in philosophical and religious systems as well. She connects depression...
Textual Features
Edith Sitwell
French as well as English poetry is much in evidence here, predominantly Gérard de Nerval
, Baudelaire
, Stéphane Mallarmé
, Verlaine
, and Rimbaud
, all of whom she much admired. ES
groups her...
