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La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier
Saint-Julien-l'Hospitalier
also: Saint-Julien-l'Hospitalier
Flaubert's tale (1877) in which the penitent Julian lies down beside a leper and warms him with his own body; for Malte the image of a love that refuses nothing.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §124 Saint-Julien-l'Hospitalier
Flaubert's 'La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier' (1877), whose penitent saint lies down naked beside a leper and warms him body to body; for Malte the type of the love that refuses nothing.