I'm still looking for a good English language bio on Nerval myself! A lot of what I have is via Starkie (books and papers) and others who seem to concentrate more on literary criticism, some of it quite dated, and not on the biographical side of his story. One of my biggest issues with Starkie is that she seems to have what I call the Baudelaire Filter - i.e. Borel and Nerval seem to be viewed primarily through the lense of anticipating Baudelaire. Which is awesome when you're focused on Baudelaire, but not so much when you want to look at them in their own right!
Olchar E Lindsann has published a list of recs on Amazon which I need to work my way through in its entirety:
Olchar is your go-to for the Frenetic Romanticism of this period - his website Resurrecting the Jeunes-France/Bouzingos at http://bouzingo.blogspot.com.au/p/physical-archive.html is an incredibly rich source of visual and textual material, and it will take you a while to work through. He's also one of the most friendly and engaging people you could hope to talk to, a gifted fiction and non-fiction writer, and was extremely interested when I've discussed the connections between Hugo's work and the Jeunes-France...do engage him in conversation, as he's very much up for dialogues on this subject and is extremely open to exchanging ideas and new sources.
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Date: 2014-04-17 02:18 am (UTC)Olchar E Lindsann has published a list of recs on Amazon which I need to work my way through in its entirety:
http://www.amazon.com/Jeunes-France-Bouzingo-Frenetic-Romanticism/lm/R1OXLAMEBY4MK
Olchar is your go-to for the Frenetic Romanticism of this period - his website Resurrecting the Jeunes-France/Bouzingos at http://bouzingo.blogspot.com.au/p/physical-archive.html is an incredibly rich source of visual and textual material, and it will take you a while to work through. He's also one of the most friendly and engaging people you could hope to talk to, a gifted fiction and non-fiction writer, and was extremely interested when I've discussed the connections between Hugo's work and the Jeunes-France...do engage him in conversation, as he's very much up for dialogues on this subject and is extremely open to exchanging ideas and new sources.