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The themes that are interwoven like leitmotive in Julien Green's Journal--love, death, art, dreams, water, etc.--are also abundantly present in his novels. Wildgen traces these tapestry-like patterns throughout Green's works with sensitivity and comprehension. ",,,(Wildgen) looks for the deeper ways in which thematic threads connect, and she reveals patterns not previously explored by Green scholars. ...we are indeed in Kathryn Wildgen's debt for this important new achievement in Green studies." --South Atlantic Review.

Novelist, playwright, author of the longest journals in the history of French literature and member of the Academie Francaise, Julien Green is one of the central figures of the twentieth-century French literary scene.

This study of the Gallic-American novelist Julian Green (born 1900) traces the effects of his dual heritage in his works. Reared in Paris by parents from the Old South, he confronted two worlds from birth.

1494 references to books and articles from the fields of medicine, psychology, psychiatry, religion, and general literature. Dates of publications cover a span of over a century. Entries arranged alphabetically by primary authors. Includes journal abbreviation list. Index of authors and subjects.