Other Rise of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century French Fiction

The Other Rise of the Novel relies on new research concerning the relevance of bourgeois values and ideals in the early modern period in France to question the extent to which characters in works of fiction portray the rise of individualistic and self-interested behavior.

List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION
WRITING THE RISE OF THE FRENCH NOVEL

CHAPTER 1
READING ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
IN LE ROMAN BOURGEOIS AND LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES

CHAPTER 2
OPPOSITION AND THE POETICS OF NOBLE IDEALISM
IN MANON LESCAUT

CHAPTER 3
GIFT AND ESCROW ECONOMIES IN LETTRES D'UNE PERUVIENNE
AND LA NOUVELLE HELOISE

CHAPTER 4
LES INFORTUNES DE LA VERTU: HOMO SADICUS
AND THE INVISIBLE HAND OF THE NETWORK

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

About the author

By Olivier Delers

Summary

The Other Rise of the Novel relies on new research concerning the relevance of bourgeois values and ideals in the early modern period in France to question the extent to which characters in works of fiction portray the rise of individualistic and self-interested behavior.

Product details

• Authors: Olivier Delers, Delers Olivier
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611495836
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-583-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: general, C 1700 To C 1800