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Mydriase could be translated as "Mydriasis" Author(s) J. M. G. Le Clézio Original title Mydriase Country France Language French Genre(s) Essay Publisher Éditions Fata Morgana, Saint-Clément-la-Rivière, Publication date 1973 Media type Print Pages 62 pp ISBN 978-2-85194-071-1 OCLC Number 731457 "Mydriase"is an essay written by French author and Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.
Subject
Mydriasis refers to the dilation of the pupils in a state of hallucinatory enlightenment (possibly induced by certain drugs). There is an Indian song that is so powerful that it is regularly accompanied by alcohol and drugs to help the singer to reach his inner voice and to open the cosmic forces.Author questions this as a valid use of recreational drugs.The author's experiences of drugs are described in "Mydriase";visual descriptions are prominent in all his writing,and sight and the gaze are also major motifs in all his works.
Publication history
- 1973, France, Éditions Fata Morgana, Saint-Clément-la-Rivière,(éd. définitive, 1993)
"Mydriase" was first published in 1973.There is also a preface by M.G. Le Clézio."Mydriase" was first published by Éditions Fata Morgana, Saint-Clément-la-Rivière,and re-published in an "éd. définitive" in 1993 by the same publishers. ISBN 2-85194-071-6 (62 pages) 6 illustrations by Vladimir Velickovic.Reprinted as "Mydriase éd. définitive" (1993). ISBN 978-2-85194-071-1
References
Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio Novels Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation) · Le Jour où Beaumont fit connaissance avec sa douleur · Le Livre des fuites (The Book of Flights: An Adventure Story) · Le déluge (The Flood) · Terra Amata · La Guerre (War) · Voyages de l'autre côté · Désert (Desert) · Le Chercheur d'or (The prospector) · Étoile errante (Wandering Star) · Onitsha · La Quarantaine · Poisson d'or · Hasard suivi de Angoli Mala · Fantômes dans la rue · Révolutions · Ourania · Ritournelle de la faim
Essays TreatiseMydriase · L'Extase matérielleInterviewConversations avec J.M.G. Le Clézio · AilleursLiterary criticismSur Lautréamont · Vers les icebergs (Essai sur Henri Michaux) · "Freedom to Dream" "Freedom to Speak" · On reading as true travelBiographySemi-AutobiographicalDans la maison d'Edith · "The African"Poetic essayL'Inconnu sur la TerreLectureCinema essaysBallacinerHistorical analysisTravelogueHaï · Trois Villes saintes · Voyage à Rodrigues · Gens des nuages · Raga. Approche du continent invisibleLettersUne lettre de J.M.G. Le Clezio ·Short stories La fièvre"("Fever") · "Mondo et autres histoires" · "La ronde et autres faits divers" ("The Round and Other Cold Hard Facts") · "Printemps et autres saisons" · "Pawana" · "La Fête chantée et autres essais de thème amérindien" · "Cœur brûle et autres romances" · "Tabataba suivi de pawana"
Translations into French Books for children Les Géants (The Giants) · Lullaby · "La Grande Vie" ("The Great Life") · Peuple du ciel · Balaabilou · Villa Aurore · L'enfant de sous le pont · Celui qui n'avait jamais vu la mer (The Boy Who Had Never Seen the Sea) · La montagne ou le dieu vivant · Voyage au pays des arbres
Works attributed to other authors
with text by Le ClézioThe French language preface to Juan Rulfo's short story collection Le Llano en flammes · In the Eye of the Sun: Mexican Fiestas · Enfances
Categories:- 1973 essays
- Essays by J. M. G. Le Clézio
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