{"product_id":"night-in-french-libertine-fiction-2018-201806-9780729412155","title":"Night in French libertine fiction 2018 201806","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores why and how the nocturnal and the erotic came to be so intrinsically connected in French eighteenth century fiction between the start of a rakish Regence (1715-1723) and 1789.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With an engaging narrative arc, \u003ci\u003eNight in French Libertine Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the playful dichotomy between celebrating the limits imposed by the night and using the night to transgress social or moral limits (as detailed in chapters two through six) is destroyed by the Sadean extension of the logic of libertinism.'\u003cbr\u003e Craig Koslofsky, \u003ci\u003eH-France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ei. Libertine fiction: a nocturnal genre?\u003cbr\u003eii. Libertine nocturnes\u003cbr\u003eiii. The ‘Nocturnal Order’ of libertine nights\u003cbr\u003eiv. The eroticisation of the nocturnal\u003cbr\u003ev. The nocturnalisation of eroticism\u003cbr\u003evi. Chapter outline\u003cbr\u003e1. Enlightening the night: a cultural and historical perspective on eighteenth-century nights\u003cbr\u003ei. Intellectual enlightenment\u003cbr\u003eii. Material enlightenment\u003cbr\u003e2. The nocturnal aesthetics of libertine fiction\u003cbr\u003ei. Libertine writing, pornography and obscurity\u003cbr\u003eii. The embellishing obscurity of Crébillon’s oriental tales\u003cbr\u003eiii. The eroticism of \u003cem\u003edemi-jours\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eLe Souper des petits-maîtres\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLes Soupers de Daphné\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiv. Voluptuous shadows in \u003cem\u003eThémidore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ev. \u003cem\u003eFélicia\u003c\/em\u003e and sublime obscurity\u003cbr\u003e3. Night as a hiding space\u003cbr\u003ei. Night as a private space within communal living in \u003cem\u003eLe Portier des chartreux\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMémoires de Suzon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. Night as an indulgent architectural space in \u003cem\u003eLa Petite Maison\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiii. Night as an intimate body part in \u003cem\u003eLa Nuit merveilleuse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Nocturnal illusions: dreams of sylph-like lovers\u003cbr\u003ei. The dream: the sleep of reason produces sylphs in \u003cem\u003eLe Sylphe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. The mistake: the genie Makis, or the mistaken lover in \u003cem\u003eAngola\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiii. The lie: Clitandre, or a sylph of no consequence in \u003cem\u003eLa Nuit et le moment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiv. The illusion: Mirbelle, or the fleshless sylph in \u003cem\u003eLes Malheurs de l’inconstance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Nocturnal revelations\u003cbr\u003ei. Damon’s Nyctelian initiation in \u003cem\u003ePoint de lendemain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eii. Laure’s nocturnal education in \u003cem\u003eLe Rideau levé\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiii. Cécile’s nightly enlightenment in \u003cem\u003eLes Liaisons dangereuses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Queens of the night: women and their nocturnal mystery in \u003cem\u003eLes Liaisons dangereuses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. The marquise de Merteuil’s nights, or the masquerade of femininity\u003cbr\u003eii. The présidente de Tourvel’s shadow, or the female mystery\u003cbr\u003e7. The end of libertine nights: \u003cem\u003eLes Cent Vingt Journées de Sodome\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. Sade’s Gothic and sublime nocturnes: within the dark night of the soul\u003cbr\u003eii. The Sadean nocturnal fortress\u003cbr\u003eiii. Sade versus the libertine \u003cem\u003eclair-obscur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: beyond libertine nights – mornings and morrows\u003cbr\u003ei. Mornings\u003cbr\u003eii. Morrows\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LUP - Voltaire Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037365305687,"sku":"9780729412155","price":98.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780729412155.jpg?v=1750935469","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/night-in-french-libertine-fiction-2018-201806-9780729412155","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}