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The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works / (Record no. 632919)
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| fixed length control field | 260927s2004 xxu 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780820458427 |
| ISBN | 0820458422 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 848.509 |
| Item number | VAN |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Vanderheyden, Jennifer |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jennifer Vanderheyden |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 163 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "In addition to his philosophical works and novels, the eighteenth-century writer Denis Diderot is most often recognized as one of the major authors of the Encyclopedie. Described by scholars as a modern and provocative thinker and writer, Diderot inspired intellectual discussion with his theories of artistic mimesis, in which he placed special emphasis on what is not stated in words, but is conveyed through gestures and other non-verbal forms of communication. This book explores Diderot's representation of the body as a tableau vivant - a literary painting in which the narrator portrays his characters as if suspended in a state of oscillation between paralysis and movement.The Function of the Dream and the Body in Diderot's Works discuses how Diderot's depiction of the body poses problems of interpretation of the serious reader/spectator, who, as in Freudian dream analysis, must gener |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Topical Term | Dreams in literature |
| Topical Term | Body, Human, in literature |
| Topical Term | Criticism and interpretation |
| Topical Term | Human body in literature |
| Topical Term | French literature, history and criticism, 18th century |
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| -- | P. Lang, |
| -- | 2004 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 27.09.2026 | 848.509 VAN | 215919 | 27.09.2026 | Books |