Julie, or the New Heloise: Letters of Two Lovers Who Live in a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps - Couverture souple

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

 
9780874518252: Julie, or the New Heloise: Letters of Two Lovers Who Live in a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0874518253 ISBN 13 : 9780874518252
Editeur : Dartmouth College Press, 1997

Synopsis

An elegant translation of one of the most popular novels of its time. Rousseau's great epistolary novel, Julie, or the New Heloise, has been virtually unavailable in English since 1810. In it, Rousseau reconceptualized the relationship of the individual to the collective and articulated a new moral paradigm. The story follows the fates and smoldering passions of Julie d'Etange and St. Preux, a one-time lover who re-enters Julie's life at the invitation of her unsuspecting husband, M. de Wolmar. The complex tones of this work made it a commercial success and a continental sensation when it first appeared in 1761, and its embodiment of Rousseau's system of thought, in which feelings and intellect are intertwined, redefined the function and form of fiction for decades. As the characters negotiate a complex maze of passion and virtue, their purity of soul and honest morality reveal, as Rousseau writes in his preface,"the subtleties of heart of which this work is full." A comprehensive introduction and careful annotations make this novel accessible to contemporary readers, both as an embodiment of Rousseau's philosophy and as a portrayal of the tension and power inherent in domestic life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An elegant translation of one of the most popular novels of its time. Rousseau's great epistolary novel, Julie, or the New Heloise, has been virtually unavailable in English since 1810. In it, Rousseau reconceptualized the relationship of the individual to the collective and articulated a new moral paradigm. The story follows the fates and smoldering passions of Julie d'Etange and St. Preux, a one-time lover who re-enters Julie's life at the invitation of her unsuspecting husband, M. de Wolmar. The complex tones of this work made it a commercial success and a continental sensation when it first appeared in 1761, and its embodiment of Rousseau's system of thought, in which feelings and intellect are intertwined, redefined the function and form of fiction for decades. As the characters negotiate a complex maze of passion and virtue, their purity of soul and honest morality reveal, as Rousseau writes in his preface, """"the subtleties of heart of which this work is full."""" A comprehensive introduction and careful annotations make this novel accessible to contemporary readers, both as an embodiment of Rousseau's philosophy and as a portrayal of the tension and power inherent in domestic life.

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Éditeur
Dartmouth College Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0874518253
ISBN 13 
9780874518252
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
760
Éditeur
Vaché Jean, Stewart Philip
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780874518245: The Collected Writings of Rousseau: Julie, or the New Heloise

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0874518245 ISBN 13 :  9780874518245
Editeur : Dartmouth College Press, 1997
Couverture rigide