The Other Rise of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century French Fiction.
Delers, Olivier.
The Other Rise of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century French Fiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (197 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Reading Economic Behavior and Social Identity in Le Roman bourgeois and La Princesse de Clèves -- 2 Opposition and the Poetics of Noble Idealism in Manon Lescaut -- 3 Gift and Escrow Economies in Lettres d'une Péruvienne and La Nouvelle Héloïse -- 4 Les infortunes de la vertu: Homo Sadicus and the Invisible Hand of the Network -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
9781611495829
French fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ648.D395 2015
843/.509
The Other Rise of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century French Fiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (197 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Reading Economic Behavior and Social Identity in Le Roman bourgeois and La Princesse de Clèves -- 2 Opposition and the Poetics of Noble Idealism in Manon Lescaut -- 3 Gift and Escrow Economies in Lettres d'une Péruvienne and La Nouvelle Héloïse -- 4 Les infortunes de la vertu: Homo Sadicus and the Invisible Hand of the Network -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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.
9781611495829
French fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ648.D395 2015
843/.509