Julien Green: The Great Themes

The themes that are interwoven like leimotive in Julien Green’s Journal–love, death, art, dreams, water, etc.–are also abundantly present in his novels. They are bound together like threads in a tapestry, an image that Green uses so effectively in his oeuvre. Just as one may follow a thread and thus discern its function in relation to the whole, so may one follow a theme throughout the rich gamut of Julien Green’s fiction and arrive at a deeper understanding of his art. This critical study is complemented by a companion work, A Thematic Concordance of Julien Green’s Journal (Summa Publications), that has proven useful for Green scholars.