The letter form and the French enlightenment : the epistolary paradox

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The letter form and the French enlightenment : the epistolary paradox

John W. Howland

(American university studies, Series 2 . Romance languages and literature ; v. 126)

P. Lang, c1991

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-191)

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内容説明

One of the most striking developments of the eighteenth century in France is the emergence of the epistolary form as a dominant vehicle for cultural and literary expression. Almost any kind of narrative can be found in letter form during the Enlightenment; by the century's second half, the letter has become an all-purpose literary omnibus and serves, moreover, as the basic structural component of many of the period's most widely-read novels. This work explores the implications of the letter's popularity in terms of the eighteenth century's intellectual climate, and concludes that the epistolary form is particularly well-suited to an expression of the Enlightenment's ideological concerns.

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Contents: Eighteenth-Century French Literature - Prose Narrative - Novel - Epistolary Form.

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