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The other rise of the novel in eighteenth-century French fiction /
The Other Rise of the Novel relies on new research concerning the relevance of bourgeois values and ideals in the early modern period in France to question the extent to which characters in works of fiction portray the rise of individualistic and self-interested behavior. It argues that novels like...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
University of Delaware Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Other Rise of the Novel relies on new research concerning the relevance of bourgeois values and ideals in the early modern period in France to question the extent to which characters in works of fiction portray the rise of individualistic and self-interested behavior. It argues that novels like Manon Lescaut, Lettres d'une Péruvienne, and La Nouvelle Héloïse produce their own alternative economies, different articulations of how individuals should define their relations to others. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 187 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611495829 1611495822 |