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"Prison haunts our civilization," writes Victor Brombert. "Object of fear, it is also a subject of poetic reverie." Focusing on French literature of the Romantic era, the author probes the manifold significance of imprisonment as symbol and metaphor of the human condition. His thematic exploration draws on a constellation of writers ranging from the Platonic and Christian traditions to the Existentialist generation. Professor Brombert points out that nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature

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Author

Victor H. Brombert

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400867516

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Romance

Updated

2026-03-25