Dejean: Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover

Dejean, J

 
9780691066110: Dejean: Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade (Princeton Legacy Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691066116 ISBN 13: 9780691066110
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This highly original interpretation of the novel of the French Classical age explores military strategy as a central metaphor in Rousseau's Julie and Emile, Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, and Sade's Les 120 Journees de Sodome.

Originally published in 1984.

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About the Author

Joan DeJean is a Trustee Professor of French at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of seven books, most recently "Tender Geographies: Women and the Origins of the Novel in France" and "Ancients against Moderns: Culture Wars and the Making of a Fin de Siecle", the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691066116
ISBN 13 
9780691066110
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
368

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