Reimagining society in eighteenth-century French literature : happiness and human rights / Jonas Ross Kjaerg�ard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kjærgård, Jonas Ross, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 18.

Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

French fiction.

Happiness in literature.

Human rights in literature.

Literature and society--France--History--18th century.

Literature and society.

History.

France.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction

The Unfinished Declaration

What Was Literature?

Louis-S�ebastien Mercier and the Dream of a Happy Future

The Search for Order in Choderlos de Laclos' Liaisons dangereuses

The Regeneration of the State in Marie-Joseph Ch�enier's F�enelon ou les religieuses de Cambrai

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138611740

1138611743

OCLC:

1026672223