%0 Journal Article %T Manuscripts of Ashes: Parallel Readings of James¡¯s The Aspern Papers and Mu oz Molina¡¯s Beatus Ille %A Esther Nav¨ªo£¿Castellano %J Trans : Revue de Litt¨¦rature G¨¦n¨¦rale et Compar¨¦e %D 2011 %I Universit¨¦ Sorbonne Nouvelle %X Cet article propose une ¨¦tude compar¨¦e des Papiers d¡¯Aspern (1888), de Henry James, et de Beatus Ille, d¡¯Antonio Mu oz Molina (1986 ; trad. fran aise, Beatus Ille, 1989). Nous rassemblerons d¡¯abord quelques ¨¦l¨¦ments fictionnels partiellement model¨¦s sur la nouvelle de James, comme l¡¯espace int¨¦rieur, certains personnages et l¡¯argument principal. Ensuite, nous montrerons que les d¨¦nouements de ces deux r¨¦cits, en d¨¦pit de leur commune repr¨¦sentation d¡¯une qu¨ºte litt¨¦raire ironique, sugg¨¨rent des points de vue divergents sur le pass¨¦ et sa restitution. This article presents a comparative study of Henry James¡¯s The Aspern Papers (1888) and Antonio Mu oz Molina¡¯s Beatus Ille (1986; Eng. trans. A Manuscript of Ashes, 2008). Firstly, I discuss a number of fictional elements in Beatus Ille, partly modelled upon James¡¯s novella, such as the interior setting, certain characters and the main plotline. Secondly, I argue that, though both narratives deal with ironic literary quests, their outcomes nevertheless suggest divergent standpoints regarding the past and its retrieval. %U http://trans.revues.org/439