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Originally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of novels from Anna Karenina to Couples. Tony Tanner proposes that transgressions of the marriage contract take on a special significance in the bourgeois novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His interpretation begins with the general topic of adultery in literature and then zeroes in on three worksRousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse, Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften, and Flaubert's Madame Bovary. His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality.

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Preface
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Rousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse
Part III: Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften
Part IV: Flaubert's Madame Bovary
Part V: Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index

Adultery in the Novel

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/03/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421434414, 978-1421434414
      ISBN10: 1421434415

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of novels from Anna Karenina to Couples. Tony Tanner proposes that transgressions of the marriage contract take on a special significance in the bourgeois novels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His interpretation begins with the general topic of adultery in literature and then zeroes in on three worksRousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse, Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften, and Flaubert's Madame Bovary. His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Part I: Introduction
      Part II: Rousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse
      Part III: Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften
      Part IV: Flaubert's Madame Bovary
      Part V: Conclusion
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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