Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity: Journeys between Cultures

by Charles Forsdick

With the appearance of Victor Segalen's Complete Works in 1995, the dramatic scope and wide-ranging implications of his reflections on exoticism were at last fully apparent. This study asserts the originality of Segalen's notion of exoticism while offering the first comprehensive study of the genesis of his aesthetics.

Hardcover

First published November 9, 2000