Vivienne Mylne

The Eighteenth-Century French Novel

Techniques of Illusion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the transition of the French novel from the seventeenth century, to the masterpieces of the eighteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780521282666
• ISBN-10: 0521282667
• Artikelnr.: 27064848

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notes to the second edition
1. Prolegomena, theory and background
2. Fiction, history and truth
3. Memoirs and pseudo-memoirs
4. Lesage and conventions
5. Prévost: the new 'realism'
6. Marivaux: characters in depth
7. Crébillon: innovations in points of view
8. Letter-novels: history and technique
9. Crébillon's letter-novels
10. Rousseau: a new seriousness
11. Diderot: theory and practice
12. Restif de la Bretonne and Laclos: the culmination of the letter-novel
13. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: transitional forms
14. Conclusion
15. Post-script: developments and perspectives
Select bibliography
Index.