Seducing the Eighteenth-Century French Reader: Reading, Writing, and the Question of Pleasure - Couverture rigide

Young, Paul J.

 
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Synopsis

Considering canonical and lesser-known works by authors that include Rousseau, Sade, Bastide, Laclos, Crébillon fils, and the writers of two widely read libertine novels, Paul Young suggests that narratives of seduction function as a master plot for eighteenth-century French literature. How authors reacted to a cultural discourse that coded literature and solitary reading as dangerous, seductive practices sheds light on the history of authorship, especially the development of the novel.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul J. Young is assistant professor of French at Georgetown University, USA

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