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Bertrand Russell and Catalan Literature: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays and Dictionary for the Idle

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Bertrand Russell and Catalan Literature: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays and Dictionary for the Idle
المؤلفون: Gonçal López-Pampló Rius
المصدر: Interlitteraria, Vol 29, Iss 2 (2024)
بيانات النشر: University of Tartu Press, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Literature (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: essay, Joan Fuster, Bertrand Russell, comparative literature, rewriting, hypertextuality, Literature (General), PN1-6790
الوصف: Joan Fuster (Sueca, 1922–1992) was one of the most important essayists of Catalan literature. Diccionari per a ociosos (Dictionary for the Idle), published in 1964, has been widely seen as one of his masterpieces, not only because of the wide range of topics he deals with, but also because of his witty and contemporary insight. Despite this critical acclaim, many aspects of this book still deserve further research. In this article we try to study more deeply the sources of Dictionary for the Idle, focusing on Bertrand Russell’s In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935). Beyond the similar titles, we think that Joan Fuster could have been inspired by Russell’s literary style and intellectual attitude, not only because of stylistic and thematic similarities, but also because of the attested references (among which we will comment on which of Russell’s books are kept in Fuster’s personal library). A direct rewriting between In Praise of Idleness… and Diccionari per a ociosos must be dismissed due to lack of written proof, as well as direct allusions, which do not appear whatsoever. However, our aim is to trace the link between these two authors and the influence that the former had on the latter, in the context of his general influence on both Spanish and Catalan contemporary essay.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: German
English
Spanish; Castilian
French
تدمد: 1406-0701
2228-4729
Relation: https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/24800; https://doaj.org/toc/1406-0701; https://doaj.org/toc/2228-4729
DOI: 10.12697/IL.2024.29.2.3
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5e3f1889ef8343d693cac8bed60923ca
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5e3f1889ef8343d693cac8bed60923ca
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14060701
22284729
DOI:10.12697/IL.2024.29.2.3