Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
Contents
The origins of Truffaut's Jules and Jim -- The new wave and adaptation -- The prototype for Jim: Henri-Pierre Roche -- New York interlude -- The Don Juan books -- The prototype for Jules: Franz Hessel and Flānerie -- Hessel as novelist -- Hessel's Parisian Romance -- The prototype for Catherine: Helen Grund Hessel -- L'Amour Livresque -- The polyphonic project -- Jules and Jim: the novel -- From novel to film -- Disarming the spectator -- Polyphonic eroticism -- Sexperimental writing: the diaries -- Sexuality/textuality -- The gendered politics of Flānerie -- Comparative Ecriture -- Two English Girls: the novel -- Two English Girls: the film -- The (various ) men who loved (various) women.
