His works include voyage en orient journey to the orient, sylvie which umberto eco deemed a. Traduce testi dal tedesco al francese, prima di passare alla produzione personale. In addition to a travel account it retells oriental tales, like solomon and the queen of sheba, in terms of the artist and the act of creation the chapters first appeared in the periodical revue des deux. Voyage to the east, a travelogue that also examines ancient and folk mythology, symbols, and religion. In cairo, he bought zetnaybia, a beautiful slave girl, then later with caliph hakim his travels went beyond the orient and even earth itself as they voyaged on hashish. In addition to a travel account it retells oriental tales, like solomon and the queen of sheba, in terms of the artist and the act of creation. Revision du texte et introduction par henri clouard i. Accessible book, arabic tales, arabs, biography, description and travel. Exlibris daristide marie suite du texte description. In 1828, labrunie published a widely praised translation of goethes faust. Publication date 1884 publisher paris calmannlevy collection. Nerval voyage aussi dans les legendes, dans le monde litteraire et magique des esprits, et va parfois en des lieux quil na jamais visites autrement quen reve ou dans des livres.
If his narrator seems credulous in his retelling of legends of the origins of the pyramids and the mysteries of the druzes, it is with this purpose in mind. His later work merged poetry and journalism in a fictional context and influenced marcel proust. Voyage en orient 1851 an account of the authors voyages to germany. Pdf in his voyage en orient, nerval attempts to call into question the colonial. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. He was the son of an army doctor and was raised by his greatuncle in the mortefontaine countryside while his parents traveled to the front.