Cargando…
Eavesdropping in the novel from Austen to Proust /
This book investigates human curiosity and its representation in eavesdropping scenes in nineteenth-century English and French novels. Ann Gaylin analyses eavesdropping in Austen, Balzac, Collins, Dickens and Proust. This innovative study will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century English...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
|
| Colección: | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
37. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I'm all ears: Pride and Prejudice, or the story behind the story
- Eavesdropping and the gentle art of Persuasion
- Household words: Balzac's and Dickens's domestic spaces
- The madwoman outside the attic: eavesdropping and narrative agency in The Woman in White
- La double entente: eavesdropping and identity in A la recherche du temps perdu
- Conclusion: covert listeners and secret agents.