Impotence and Excess: Male Hysteria and Androgyny in Flaubert's "Salammbô"

Flaubert represents male hysteria through a Baudelairean model of androgyny: the hysterical poet. His elaboration of this model functions as a symbolic portrayal of modern artistic creation, which emphasizes a dialectical process of empowerment and disjunction. The hysterical poet as androgyne expos...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nineteenth-Century French Studies. - The University of Nebraska Press. - 29(2001), 1/2, Seite 78-99
1. Verfasser: RUBINO, NANCY (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2001
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Social sciences Health sciences Philosophy Arts