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Copyright © 2006 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goulet, Andrea. Optiques : the science of the eye and the birth of modern French fiction / Andrea Goulet. p. cm - (Critical authors & issues) ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-3931-7 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-I0: 0-8122-3931-8 (cloth: alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. French fiction-19th century-History and criticism. 2. French fiction-20th century-History and criticism. 3. Vision in literature. I Title. II. Series PQ653.G68 2006 840.9/3561-dc22 2005046708 For my parents: Denis Andre Goulet and AnaMaria Reynaldo Goulet This page intentionally left blank ...

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