A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. / Robertson, Eric.

What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought. ed. / Patrick Crowley; Shirley Jordan. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020. p. 271-286.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. / Robertson, Eric.

What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought. ed. / Patrick Crowley; Shirley Jordan. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020. p. 271-286.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Harvard

Robertson, E 2020, A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. in P Crowley & S Jordan (eds), What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 271-286.

APA

Robertson, E. (2020). A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. In P. Crowley, & S. Jordan (Eds.), What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought (pp. 271-286). Liverpool University Press.

Vancouver

Robertson E. A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. In Crowley P, Jordan S, editors, What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2020. p. 271-286

Author

Robertson, Eric. / A la dérive: Drifting In and Out of Form in French Literature and Visual Art from Bataille to Bergvall. What Forms Can Do : The Work of Form in 20th- and 21st- Century French Literature and Thought. editor / Patrick Crowley ; Shirley Jordan. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020. pp. 271-286

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