Louis Marin's Posthumous 'Pouvoir des images' Analyzes Literary Texts
Louis Marin's final published book, 'Le Pouvoir des images,' examines literary rather than pictorial works. The volume is divided into three sections: 'Les Pouvoirs de l'image et la position du moi' (on La Fontaine, Rousseau, Diderot), 'Les Pouvoirs généalogiques et politiques de l'image' (on Charles Perrault, Corneille, Shakespeare, Pascal), and 'Les Puissances imaginales de la lumière et de l'ombre' (on Saint John, Abbé Suger, Nietzsche). Marin referred to these texts as 'gloses et entregloses,' reflecting his refined reading pleasures.
Key facts
- Louis Marin's last published book is 'Le Pouvoir des images'.
- The book focuses on literary rather than pictorial corpus.
- It contains three parts: 'Les Pouvoirs de l'image et la position du moi', 'Les Pouvoirs généalogiques et politiques de l'image', and 'Les Puissances imaginales de la lumière et de l'ombre'.
- Subjects include La Fontaine, Rousseau, Diderot, Charles Perrault, Corneille, Shakespeare, Pascal, Saint John, Abbé Suger, and Nietzsche.
- Marin called these writings 'gloses et entregloses'.
- The book was published posthumously.
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Artists
- Louis Marin
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