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Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are published in English or French.



Table of Contents
I. Introduction: 'Why Crébillon?'

II. Les Lettres de la marquise de M. au comte de R. (1732)

Single narrator: a one-sided correspondence

Two 'free' characters

The outside world

Fragmentation

III. Les Egarements du cœur et de l'esprit(1736, 1738)

Double narrator: Erlebendes Ich and Erzählendes Ich

The three faces of Meilcour

A rogue's progress

Symbolic decor: concentration in time and background

IV. Le Sopha, conte moral(1742)

The epic situation and the first-person narrator

Direct and indirect characterization

Ten vignettes become a single novel

Pace

V. Conclusion

VI. Bibliography

Cr233billon Fils Techniques of the Novel

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      Publisher: LUP - Voltaire Foundation
      Publication Date: 12/31/1972 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780729401845, 978-0729401845
      ISBN10: 0729401847

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volumes cover wide-ranging aspects of the eighteenth century and the Enlightenment, from gender studies to political theory, and from economics to visual arts and music, and are published in English or French.



      Table of Contents
      I. Introduction: 'Why Crébillon?'

      II. Les Lettres de la marquise de M. au comte de R. (1732)

      Single narrator: a one-sided correspondence

      Two 'free' characters

      The outside world

      Fragmentation

      III. Les Egarements du cœur et de l'esprit(1736, 1738)

      Double narrator: Erlebendes Ich and Erzählendes Ich

      The three faces of Meilcour

      A rogue's progress

      Symbolic decor: concentration in time and background

      IV. Le Sopha, conte moral(1742)

      The epic situation and the first-person narrator

      Direct and indirect characterization

      Ten vignettes become a single novel

      Pace

      V. Conclusion

      VI. Bibliography

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