Self-imitation in the eighteenth-century novel / Marie-Paule Laden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laden, Marie-Paule, 1946- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

French fiction.

First person narrative.

Self in literature.

Imitation in literature.

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

English fiction.

Comparative literature--French and English.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--English and French.

Fiction--Technique.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To the linguistic inquiry associated with Benveniste and to the current preoccupation with the nature of writing. Professor Laden joins a more philosophical probing of the nature of the self. At issue is how language serves the self and whether its role is one of presentation, representation, or generation. The author argues that the self in the works she analyzes comes to appear'' either as a void or as a series of related verbal constructs never wholly adequate or unified.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. Gil Bias and Moll Flanders Imitation, Disguise, and Mask

CHAPTER TWO. Pamela, La Vie de Marianne, and Le Paysan parvenu: Self-Imitation-The Appearance of Reality

CHAPTER THREE. Tristram Shandy Imitation as Paradox and Joke

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 175-187.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-63785-7

0-691-60960-8

1-4008-5845-3

OCLC:

889253967