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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make av



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*A Note on References, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*I. Vauban's Fortresses and the Defense of French Classicism, pg. 20*II. La Fontaine's Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap, pg. 76*III. The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves, pg. 96*IV. Julie and Emile: "Studia la Matematica", pg. 112*V. Les Liaisons dangereuses: Writing under the Other's Name, pg. 191*VI. Inside the Sadean Fortress: Les no Journees de Sodome, pg. 263*VII. Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism, pg. 327*Index, pg. 347

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691612249, 978-0691612249
      ISBN10: 0691612242
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      Description

      Book 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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make av



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*A Note on References, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*I. Vauban's Fortresses and the Defense of French Classicism, pg. 20*II. La Fontaine's Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap, pg. 76*III. The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves, pg. 96*IV. Julie and Emile: "Studia la Matematica", pg. 112*V. Les Liaisons dangereuses: Writing under the Other's Name, pg. 191*VI. Inside the Sadean Fortress: Les no Journees de Sodome, pg. 263*VII. Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism, pg. 327*Index, pg. 347

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