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Immanent symbolism

symbolisme immanent

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Season 4 · 12 Apr 2018#4.7 Angélique (by Nerval)

4:00The setting seems to answer the narrative: it opposes the progress as soon as one leaves Rousseau's tomb.
28:10Rain, ruts, and thistles: the setting thwarts the enthusiasm of the walk.
1:19:56It is deployed with precision all the way into the vaults of Soissons.

Season 4 · 15 Mar 2018#4.6 Angélique (by Nerval)

1:27:41The setting itself — rain, thistles, misleading washerwomen — tells the traveler that he is abandoning the goal of the journey.