Poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer, G rard de Nerval (1808-1855) explored the uncertain borderlines between dream and reality, irony and madness, autobiography and fiction with his groundbreaking writings. This comprehensive selection of his works includes...
This selection of writings-the first such comprehensive gathering to appear in English-provides an overview of Nerval's work as a poet, belle-lettrist, short-story writer and autobiographer. In addition to "Aur?lia", the memoir of his madness, "Sylvie" (considered a 'masterpiece'...