« Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater

This article focuses on the use of French words, expressions and citations in Walter Pater’s The Renaissance (1873), be they translated or not. Pater’s scholarly use of foreign languages pertains to the Decadent rhetoric; however his precise use of them as well as the effects he creates are specific...

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Main Author: Bénédicte Coste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2013-09-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cve/881
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description This article focuses on the use of French words, expressions and citations in Walter Pater’s The Renaissance (1873), be they translated or not. Pater’s scholarly use of foreign languages pertains to the Decadent rhetoric; however his precise use of them as well as the effects he creates are specific to Pater who adroitly masks his sources or pinpoints them by a masterly use of foreign words. If, for him, words express the otherness of any tongue and the process of translation that is involved in using it, the French words of The Renaissance more especially designate the otherness of death.
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spelling doaj.art-8bb9dfdbcb0e47699d6b6c948641ef842022-12-21T18:25:55ZengPresses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens0220-56102271-61492013-09-0110.4000/cve.881« Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter PaterBénédicte CosteThis article focuses on the use of French words, expressions and citations in Walter Pater’s The Renaissance (1873), be they translated or not. Pater’s scholarly use of foreign languages pertains to the Decadent rhetoric; however his precise use of them as well as the effects he creates are specific to Pater who adroitly masks his sources or pinpoints them by a masterly use of foreign words. If, for him, words express the otherness of any tongue and the process of translation that is involved in using it, the French words of The Renaissance more especially designate the otherness of death.http://journals.openedition.org/cve/881Pater (Walter)languagetextualityFrenchRenaissance (The)"On Style"
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« Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Pater (Walter)
language
textuality
French
Renaissance (The)
"On Style"
title « Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
title_full « Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
title_fullStr « Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
title_full_unstemmed « Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
title_short « Condamnés à mort » : les mots français de Walter Pater
title_sort condamnes a mort les mots francais de walter pater
topic Pater (Walter)
language
textuality
French
Renaissance (The)
"On Style"
url http://journals.openedition.org/cve/881
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