Urien's Voyage

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453244685

<DIV><b>Nobel Prize&ndash;winning writer Andr&eacute; Gide marks his voyage toward self-discovery in this imaginative allegorical work</b></div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>When Urien and his sailing companions begin their voyage, it is to places unknown and, perhaps, only dreamed. This allegorical masterpiece from Andr&eacute; Gide, a key figure of French letters, deftly illustrates the techniques and doctrine of the Symbolist movement&mdash;and the dual nature of Gide&rsquo;s own psyche. Written at a crucial time in his artistic development, this imaginative work signals his gradual abandonment of acetic celibacy toward an embrace of pleasure and carnal desires, revealing a Gide more transparent in this early work than in his mature writings.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Translator and scholar Wade Baskin annotates the work, connecting Gide&rsquo;s life and bibliography to the text.</div>