Skeptical Selves - Empiricism and Modernity in the French Novel

"This is the best book I have read regarding the convergence of language theories, the representation of the self, and the aesthetic of the novel. The general framework ... is a tour de force." --Josue Harari
Emory University

Summary

This work examines three first-person novels that narrate spectacular failures of self-representationamd is an analysis of notions of truth and linguistic skepticism in the French novel.

Additional text

“This is the best book I have read regarding the convergence of language theories, the representation of the self, and the aesthetic of the novel. The general framework ... is a tour de force.”—Josué Harari Emory University

Product details

• Authors: Russo Elena, Elena Russo
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780804724654
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2465-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 225 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies