In this Book
- Half-Told Tales: Dilemmas of Meaning in Three French Novels
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures
summary
Philip Stewart demonstrates that in each of three novels--Marivaux's La Vie de Marianne, Diderot's La Religieuse, and Rousseau's Julie ou la Nouvelle Heloise--the characters' sincerity disguises how incompletely the meaning of their own experience is resolved. However clear their premises, ambiguity creeps in, compromising or subtly contradicting the clarity of their vision. Stewart reveals these countercurrents or repressive rhetorical strategies and situates them with respect to the broad thematics of each work.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Title
- pp. 1-6
- Dedication
- pp. 9-10
- La Vie De Marianne
- pp. 15-82
- La Religieuse
- pp. 83-114
- Julie, Ou La Nouvelle Héloïse
- pp. 115-210
- Conclusion
- pp. 211-214
- Works Cited
- pp. 215-220
- Back Cover
- p. 221
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469642789
Related ISBN(s)
9780807892329
MARC Record
OCLC
1082879505
Pages
220
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-21
Language
English
Open Access
No