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Prévost, Abbé, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Greek Girl's Story / Abbé Prévost. University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021] ©2014 1 online resource (248 p.) : 6 illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Th e Greek Girl's Story -- Appendix 1 contemporary source texts for the greek girl's story -- Appendix 2 life and works of the Abbé Prévost -- Notes -- Works Consulted restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star With The Greek Girl's Story, Alan Singerman presents the first reliable, stand-alone translation and critical edition of Abbé Prévost's 1740 literary masterpiece Histoire d'une Grecque moderne. The text of this new English translation is based on Singerman's 1990 French edition, which Jonathan Walsh called "arguably the most valuable critical edition" of Prévost's novel to date. This new edition also includes a complete critical apparatus comprising a substantial introduction, notes, appendixes, and bibliography, all significantly updated from the 1990 French edition, taking into account recent scholarship on this work and providing some additional reflection on the question of Orientalism.Prévost's roman à clef is based on a true story involving the French ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1699 to 1711. It is narrated from the ambassador's viewpoint and is a model of subjective, unreliable narration (long before Henry James). It is remarkably modern in its presentation of an enigmatic, ambiguous character, as the truth about the heroine can never be established with certainty. It is the story of the tormented relationship between the diplomat and a beautiful young Greek concubine, Théophé, whom he frees from a pasha's harem. While her benefactor becomes increasingly infatuated with her and bent on becoming her lover, the Greek girl becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a virtuous and respected woman. Viewing the ambassador as a father figure, she condemns his quasi-incestuous passion and firmly rejects his repeated seduction attempts. Unable to possess the young woman or tolerate the thought that she might grant to someone else what she has refused him, the narrator subjects her behavior to minute scrutiny in an effort to catch her in an indiscretion. His investigations are fruitless, however, and Théophé, the victim of incessant persecution, simply dies, leaving all the questions about her behavior unanswered. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021) French literature 18th century. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Sgard, Jean. Singerman, Alan J. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110745252 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271064833?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271064833 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780271064833.jpg |
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