by Gérard de Nerval · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253010661
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«Aurélia» is the autobiographical account by Gérard de Nerval, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback, in French.
A first-person account in which Nerval's consciousness slips from dream to wakefulness as madness approaches. Among these visions appear Adrienne, Jenny Colon and Pandora, and alongside memories of a journey to the East, the night fills with figures and revelations.
This Le Livre de Poche edition (no. 690) brings together, with complete text, «Aurélia», «Lettres à Jenny Colon», «La Pandora» and «Les Chimères», in French.
For readers interested in nineteenth-century French literature and works that blend autobiography, dream and fiction.
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.
