Literary Fortifications : : Rousseau, Laclos, Sade / / Joan E. Dejean.

This highly original interpretation of the novel of the French Classical age explores military strategy as a central metaphor in Rousseau's Julie and Emile, Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, and Sade's Les 120 Journees de Sodome.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Librar...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1984
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 918
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Physical Description:1 online resource (370 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. Vauban's Fortresses and the Defense of French Classicism
  • II. La Fontaine's Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap
  • III. The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves
  • IV. Julie and Emile: "Studia la Matematica"
  • V. Les Liaisons dangereuses: Writing under the Other's Name
  • VI. Inside the Sadean Fortress: Les no Journées de Sodome
  • VII. Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism
  • Index
  • Backmatter