Marivaux. a Study in Sensibility / Ruth Kirby Jamieson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jamieson, Ruth Kirby, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1941]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the works of Marivaux, known chiefly as the author of a group of comedies, who is seldom named with other successful authors even though his works were widely read in their day in France and England.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

I. Marivaux And The Salons

II. Les Effets Surprenants de la Sympathie

III. The Sensitive Heart

IV. Amour-propre

V. Amour-tendresse

VI. Amour-propre and Amour-tendresse in the Theatre of Marivaux

VII. The Morality of Sentiment

VIII. Marivaux's Humanitarianism

IX. Sense and Sensibility

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0-231-88616-0

OCLC:

1100463182