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The controversial French novelist Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894-1961), who used the pen name Louis Ferdinand Céline, produced works marked by a black pessimism about humanity, violent diatri...
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In the last twenty years Louis-Ferdinand Céline has emerged, in the opinion of many critics, as one of the most important French novelists of the twentieth century. This turnaround in his liter...
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In the following essay, Silk discusses the effect of cultural alienation on the protagonist's ability to communicate in Journey to the End of the Night.
Introduction
Dialogism's emphasis...
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In the following essay, Loselle examines the narrative presentation of time and space in Castle to Castle, North, and Rigadoon, and Céline's role as a chronicler of historical reality an...
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In the following essay, Pagès examines right-wing extremism and libertarian discourse in Céline's writing. According to Pagès, "the momentum of anarchic subversion t...
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In the following essay, Scullion discusses Céline's depiction of American capitalist society, his literary influence on American writers, and his often problematic critical interpretatio...
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In the following essay, Nettelbeck examines the evolution of ethical and aesthetic concerns in Céline's oeuvre. "Despite his reputation as a hate-filled iconoclast," writes...
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In the following essay, Carson examines picaresque themes and the metaphorical significance of fire in Céline's fiction. "In Céline's novels," Carson writes, ...
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In the following essay, O'Connell provides an overview of Céline's literary career, novels, and critical reception.
In the last twenty years, Louis-Ferdinand Céline has eme...
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In the following essay, Ostrovsky examines Céline's adaptation and subversion of myth themes and patterns in his novels.
Céline has elicited so much critical commentary—esp...
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In the following essay, Solomon provides an overview of the major themes and characters in Céline's novels.
Céline preferred to think of himself as a stylist, but it would be more...
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Critical Essay by Milton Hindus
[Eleven] years after his death, [Céline's] reputation stands high in France and perhaps even higher in the English-speaking countries. (p. 58)
Céli...
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Critical Essay by Philip H. Solomon
Alcohol is singled out by Céline as the weapon chosen by the Jews in order to impose their will on the French—and, of course, to attack the drinking o...
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In the following essay, Buckley examines the failure of narcissistic love and the positive aspects of sexuality in the novels of Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
"Ah, Ferdinand . . . as long as yo...
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Louis Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Destouches
Critical Essay by Sally M. Silk
