The Style and Themes of Alfred de Musset's La Confession d'un enfant du siecle

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Anthony I. Rizzuto
SUNY Research Foundation, Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY 11794-0001)

Study of the style and themes of Alfred de Musset's La Confession d'un enfant du siecle. Criticisms of the author's personality and aesthetic attitudes have obscured the psychological and political themes of the novel. Fellow hopes that a textual analysis will show its relevance to the present generation and restore it to its proper place among the prose masterpieces of the nineteenth century.