La mer, lieu de représentation de la femme chez Georges Rodenbach et Théodore Hannon
ISSN: 1139-9368, 1989-8193
Year of publication: 2013
Issue: 28
Pages: 277-291
Type: Article
More publications in: Thélème: Revista complutense de estudios franceses
Abstract
Rodenbach and Hannon, who used to visit the coast of Belgium since their childhood, are the authors of poems of great beauty encapsulating their juvenile memories. While it cannot be asserted that their artistic and literary tastes run parallel, both are powerfully drawn to the female figure. Rodenbach tends towards idealization, and Hannon towards a certain misogyny; but both authors repeatedly identify her, through various poetic devices, with the maritime environment that witnessed their budding love affairs and sexual awakening.