Intimate, Intrusive and Triumphant: Readers in the 'Liaisons dangereuses' - Couverture souple

Conroy, Peter V. Jr.

 
9789027217332: Intimate, Intrusive and Triumphant: Readers in the 'Liaisons dangereuses'
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ISBN 10 : 9027217335 ISBN 13 : 9789027217332
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1987

Synopsis

In both the real and the symbolic sense, the action of the Liaisons is writing letters, which is to say, giving the phrase an ontological twist, that writing is its own subject. Letters in an epistolary novel recount and reenact simultaneously, without distinction. Doing and telling are congruent, interchangeable, identical activities. The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are the principal characters in this novel because they know best how to use the word. They control and direct others through their writing. From our perspective, however, to listen well is an even more critical and fundamental activity than writing well. The ultimate victor in this novel of seduction and deception is not necessarily the one who writes best but rather he, or she, who reads best. Concentrating on the reader places the entire epistolary exchange in a new light and accentuates the use of the word as an instrument of power and the letter as a tool for domination.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In both the real and the symbolic sense, the action of the Liaisons is writing letters, which is to say, giving the phrase an ontological twist, that writing is its own subject. Letters in an epistolary novel recount and reenact simultaneously, without distinction. Doing and telling are congruent, interchangeable, identical activities. The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are the principal characters in this novel because they know best how to use the word. They control and direct others through their writing. From our perspective, however, to listen well is an even more critical and fundamental activity than writing well. The ultimate victor in this novel of seduction and deception is not necessarily the one who writes best but rather he, or she, who reads best. Concentrating on the reader places the entire epistolary exchange in a new light and accentuates the use of the word as an instrument of power and the letter as a tool for domination.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027217335
ISBN 13 
9789027217332
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
151
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780915027729: Intimate, Intrusive, and Triumphant: Readers in the "Liaisons Dangereuses"

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0915027720 ISBN 13 :  9780915027729
Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 1986
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