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Title: Le régime huysmansien
Author(s): Smeets, M.H.G.
Publication year: 2014
Source: Les Lettres Romanes, vol. 68, iss. 1/2, (2014), pp. 187-197
Number of Pages: 11 p.
ISSN: 0024-1415
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/J.LLR.5.102126
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: Europe and its Worlds after 1800
Tourism, Travel and Text
Organization: Romaanse talen en culturen/Frans
Journal title:
Les Lettres Romanes
Volume: vol. 68
Issue: iss. 1/2
Page start: p. 187
Page end: p. 197
Abstract:
It is well known that epicurean meals occupy a central place in the works of J.-K. Huysmans. But what is God’s opinion on the matter ? Can gourmandize and religion coexist harmoniously ? It is for this reason that, as the author approaches religion, his work begins to evidence a fascination for diets. One may well be a gourmand but when one is also a writer, the frugality of saints may also be a source of inspiration. According to a logic of compensation, Huysmans ’s protagonists wish to eat well in a healthy, and if possible, saintly ambiance. In other words, eating and fasting in Huysmans become a weighty issue.

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