The eighteenth-century French novel : techniques of illusion / by Vivienne Mylne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mylne, Vivienne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

French fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1981.

Contents:

1 Prolegomena, theory and background

2 Fiction, history and truth

3 Memoirs and pseudo-memoirs

4 Lesage and conventions

5 Prévost: the new 'realism'

6 Marivaux: characters in depth

7 Crébillon: innovations in points of view

8 Letter-novels: history and technique

9 Crébillon's letter-novels

10 Rousseau: a new seriousness

11 Diderot: theory and practice

12 Restif de la Bretonne and Laclos: the culmination of the letter-novel

13 Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: transitional forms

14 Conclusion

15 Post-script: developments and perspectives.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 282-288.

ISBN:

0521238641

OCLC:

7553454