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Self-Imitation in the Eighteenth-Century Novel /

To the linguistic inquiry associated with Benveniste and to the current preoccupation with the nature of writing. Professor Laden joins a more philosophical probing of the nature of the self. At issue is how language serves the self and whether its role is one of presentation, representation, or gen...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Laden, Marie-Paule, 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. Gil Bias and Moll Flanders Imitation, Disguise, and Mask
  • CHAPTER TWO. Pamela, La Vie de Marianne, and Le Paysan parvenu: Self-Imitation-The Appearance of Reality
  • CHAPTER THREE. Tristram Shandy Imitation as Paradox and Joke
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter.