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Hugues Viane is a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal location in which to mourn his wife and as a backdrop for the narcissistic wanderings of his disturbed spirit. He becomes obsessed with a young dancer whom he believes is the double of his beloved wife, leading him to psychological torment and humiliation, culminating in a deranged murder. This 1892 work is a poet's novel, dense, visionary and haunting. Bruges, the 'dead city', becomes a metaphor for Hugues' dead wife as he follows its mournful labyrinth of streets and canals in a cyclical promenade of reflection and allusion--the ultimate evocation of Rodenbach's lifelong love affair with the enduring mystery and mortuary atmosphere of Bruges.
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Bruges-La-Morte, Georges Rodenbach
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1993
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Bruges-La-Morte
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Georges Rodenbach
- Uitgever
- Atlas Press LLC
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1993
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0947757589
- ISBN13
- 9780947757588
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historisch thema, Klassiekers, Frankrijk, 19e Eeuw, Gotiek, België
- Beoordeling
- 4,1 van 5
- Aantekening
- Hugues Viane is a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal location in which to mourn his wife and as a backdrop for the narcissistic wanderings of his disturbed spirit. He becomes obsessed with a young dancer whom he believes is the double of his beloved wife, leading him to psychological torment and humiliation, culminating in a deranged murder. This 1892 work is a poet's novel, dense, visionary and haunting. Bruges, the 'dead city', becomes a metaphor for Hugues' dead wife as he follows its mournful labyrinth of streets and canals in a cyclical promenade of reflection and allusion--the ultimate evocation of Rodenbach's lifelong love affair with the enduring mystery and mortuary atmosphere of Bruges.