Diderot'S Determined Fatalist : : A Critical Appreciation of Jacques Le Fataliste / / John Robert Loy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Loy, John Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1950]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 1950
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; 1. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE CRITICS --; 2. THE PLACE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL --; 3. THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" --; 4. CHARACTERS AND MINOR THEMES OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" --; 5. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE REALISTIC NOVEL --; 6. "JACQUES," DIDEROT, AND FATALISM --; 7. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE ETHICAL IDEAS OF DIDEROT --; 8. "JACQUES" AND DIDEROT-IN CONCLUSION --; ABBREVIATIONS --; NOTES --; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231880848; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/loy-90858
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Robert Loy.

Critically examines the importance of Diderot's novel, Jacques le Fataliste et son Maitre to eighteenth century French literature. Specifically examines the composition and structure of the novel, characters and themes, ethical ideas of Diderot, as well as realism and fatalism in reference to the author and his characters.