French Literature Reviews - 2026
V. Estay Stange, Sens et musicalité. Les voix secrètes du symbolisme
Literary Theory, Linguistics and Stylistics
Bibliographic reference: V. Estay Stange, Sens et musicalité. Les voix secrètes du symbolisme, Classiques Garnier, collection "Études romantiques et dix-neuviémistes", 2017. EAN13: 9782812425486.
Verónica Estay Stange, Sens et musicalité. Les voix secrètes du symbolisme
Paris: Classiques Garnier, coll. "Études romantiques et dix-neuviémistes", 2014.
EAN 9782812425486.
566 p.
Price 49EUR
Publisher's overview:
This book explores the musical paradigm running through German Romanticism, French symbolism, and late 19th-century formalism. Grounded in the hypothesis of musicality, it proposes a transversal model for art analysis and reframes symbolism within the broader history of aesthetic forms.
This work studies the musical paradigm which marks German Romanticism, French symbolism, and late nineteenth-century formalism. Employing the hypothesis of “musicality”, it puts forward a transversal model of artistic analysis, and repositions symbolism in the history of aesthetic forms.
The nineteenth century witnessed a profound cross-fertilization between literature and music, wherein poets and critics increasingly turned to acoustic qualities to renew expressive forms. This intellectual tradition encompasses various aesthetic theories that sought to bridge the gap between poetry and musical composition, viewing sound not merely as accompaniment but as an intrinsic dimension of meaning. Verónica Estay Stange examines the musical paradigm running through German Romanticism, French symbolism, and late nineteenth-century formalism, positioning French symbolism within a broader history of aesthetic forms.
Readers interested in the interplay between literature, musicality, and aesthetic theory during the nineteenth century may find this study relevant. The book explores the musical paradigm running through German Romanticism, French symbolism, and late nineteenth-century formalism, employing the hypothesis of musicality to put forward a transversal model of artistic analysis and reposition symbolism in the history of aesthetic forms.