The novel of worldliness : Crebillon, Marivaux, Laclos, Stendhal / by Peter Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Peter, 1938- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library ; 1990.

Princeton legacy library ; 1990

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

French fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1969.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Contending that a search for "realism" distorts the writing of Crébillon, Marivaux, Laclos, and Stendahl, Peter Brooks considers their novels with reference to the manner in which the characters explore their worth and pursue their own systems of relationships. The novels discussed are used as examples of the fictional exploitation of the drama inherent in man's social existence and the encounters of personal styles within the framework and code provided by a coterie which is an object of conscious cultivation for its own sake. The author gives detailed readings of the four authors' works and moves backward to consider the seventeenth-century moralistes and the drawing rooms in which literary forms applied to social man were eloquently elaborated.Originally published in 1969.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

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

1. Crébillon, Duclos, and the Experience of Worldliness

2. The Proper Study of Mankind

3. Marianne in the World

4. Alceste, Julie, Clarissa

5. Les Liaisons dangereuses

6. Stendhal and the Styles of Worldliness

Epilogues to Worldliness

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691648712

0691648719

9781400874835

1400874831

OCLC:

966926211