by Gérard de Nerval · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290352021
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«Sylvie, suivi des Chimères et d'Odelettes» is the short novel by Gérard de Nerval, published by J'AI LU in paperback (96 pages, in French).
The narrator evokes from the present his youth in the Valois and the idealized loves that marked it. Through memory, the short novel explores nostalgia, the idealization of the past, and the distance between dreamed love and real love, with a lyrical prose.
Originally published in 1854, this French edition also includes the poetry collections Les Chimères and Odelettes.
Gérard de Nerval was the pen name of Gérard Labrunie, a French travel writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He was a major figure during the era of French romanticism, and best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection Les Filles du feu, which included the novella Sylvie and the poem "El Desdichado". Through his translations, Nerval played a major role in introducing French readers to the works of German Romantic authors, including Klopstock, Schiller, Bürger and Goethe. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context and influenced Marcel Proust. His last novella, Aurélia ou le rêve et la vie, influenced André Breton and Surrealism.
