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639 words, approx. 2 pages
 Our Lady of the Flowers (Notre Dame des Fleurs) is the debut novel of French writer Jean Genet, published in 1944. The free-flowing, poetic novel is a largely autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld. The characters... 
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 Critical Essay by Michael Lucey
9,961 words, approx. 33 pages
 In the following essay, Lucey examines Genet's approach to fantasy in his perception of sexual identity as it appears in his literary works, particulary Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs.
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Critical Essay by Harry E. Stewart
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From the very beginning, Genet has been preoccupied with flower imagery and flower symbolism. The two titles, Notre Dame des Fleurs and Miracle de la Rose, plus the abundance of flower references in all of Genet's works give ample evidence of his interest in, and knowledge of flower symbolism…. [There is] a relationship (in Genet's mind) between flowers, crime, and solitude. (pp. 87-8) An accumulation of the references to lilacs in Haute Surveillance reveals a tally of sixteen "l...
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