The other rise of the novel in eighteenth-century French fiction /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Delers, Olivier, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2015]
Temas:
1700-1799
French fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Social classes in literature.
Middle class in literature.
Literature and society > France > History > 18th century.
Roman français > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM/European/French.
French fiction
Literature and society
Middle class in literature
Social classes in literature
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: writing the rise of the French novel. Reading economic behavior and social identity in Le roman bourgeois and La princesse de Cleves
  • Opposition and the poetics of noble idealism in Manon Lescaut
  • Gift and escrow economies in Lettres d'une Peruvienne and La nouvelle Heloise
  • Les infortunes de la vertu: homo sadicus and the invisible hand of the network
  • Conclusion.

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