Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade: 918 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Softcover

Dejean, Joan E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691612242 ISBN 13: 9780691612249

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2014

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691612242
• ISBN 13: 9780691612249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370