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Bibliography

Smith, Albert B. "Theophile Gautier and the fantastic," / University, Miss. : Romance Monographs, inc.,1977.

Grant, Richard B. T"héophile Gautier." Boston : Twayne Publishers, c1975.

Palache, John Garber."Gautier and the romantics". New York, The Viking press, 1926.

Avni, Ora. "Fantastic tales." A New History of French Literature 677 (1994).

Gautier, Théophile. La Morte Amoureuse: Easyread Large Edition. ReadHowYouWant. com, 2006.

Proposed Edits Suggestions:

• Included Excerpts/quotes from the text and analyze their significance
• Include modern fantastic/fantasy techniques
• Include pictures
• Elaborate on the plot summary

Source:

Epstein, Edna Selan. “The Entanglement of Sexuality and Aesthetics in Gautier and Mallarmé.” Nineteenth-Century French Studies 1, no. 1 (1972): 5-20.

Picture Addition:

http://audiolivres.canalblog.com/archives/2012/02/24/23605155.html

Academic discourse in the work of Gautier: (Proposed Edit)

Gautier is considered a "realist" and romantic to a certain extent since he portrays the context of love. Epstein asserts that such "poetic metaphors express obsessions". Thus, these metaphors tend to be private and are within the state of malaise. In Gautier's stories, the heroes are bound to desire of sexuality. Based on Gautier's academic discourse, his work is categorized as "fulfillment dreams and as anxiety dreams". His tales are often fantasies with irony and a dream sequence. In La Morte Amoureuse, the priest who falls in love with Clarimonde experiences a sense of anxiety. Once Clarimonde dies, she becomes a vampire and is constantly possessing the priest throughout the story. In this story, Gautier is indicating that possession in the materialistic world is a sin, or considered "damnation". Overall, Gautier's work emphasizes desires, dreams, and fantasies throughout.