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Prometheus Illbound

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The work assembles satirical, philosophical vignettes that stage mythic and modern figures to examine how abstract ideas govern conduct, portraying characters as puppet-like agents whose choices express intellectual concepts rather than spontaneous feeling. Episodes range from Parisian tableaux involving bankers and a perceptive waiter to allegorical encounters with Prometheus, probing private morality, the search for personality, and the conflict between desire and intellectual rigor. The prose blends wit, psychological observation, and episodic structure, concluding with an epilogue that frames artistic creation as the deliberate exaggeration of an idea.

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Title: Prometheus Illbound

Author: André Gide

Translator: viscountess Mary Lilian Share Harmsworth Rothermere

Release date: December 13, 2019 [eBook #60914]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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PROMETHEUS
ILLBOUND

By ANDRÉ GIDE

LITERAL TRANSLATION FROM THE
FRENCH BY
LILIAN ROTHERMERE

LONDON
CHATTO AND WINDUS
1919