Michel Tournier, edited by Michael Worton (Longman, 1995).

CONTENTS:

General Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction:
- 'Born under a lucky star': a biographical sketch
- A thematics of contestation
- Rewriting the past
Michael Worton

I. SURVEYING THE WORK

On Being a Novelist
Michel Tournier

The Perpetual Temptation of Impossible Cures in the Work of Michel Tournier
Christine Baroche

Relations Between the Sexes in the Work of Michel Tournier
Francoise Merillié

The Genesis of Fiction: Origin as Theme and Problem in Tournier's Work
Michael Worton

Metaphysical Desires and Ironist Devices in the Works of Michel Tournier
Kirsty Fergusson

II. SCRUTINIZING THE WORK

Learning and Unlearning: Tournier, Defoe, Voltaire
Lynn Salkin Sbiroli

Germanic Variations on the Theme of Phoria in The Erl-King (the influence of Nietzsche, Bach and Mithraism)
Arlette Bouloumié

History and Legend in Tournier's Works
William Cloonan

Authorship and Authority in 'The Wind Spirit'
Colin Davies

Art and Impertinence in 'The Midnight Love Feast'
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III. AN INTERVIEW

Talking shop: Michel Tournier in interview with Michael Worton

Glossary
Notes on Authors
Bibliography
Index