About this title: The Libertine's Progress is a comprehensive and concise study of the eighteenth-century French novel, providing a fresh look at amorous relations and offering a radical presentation of the dark side of the Enlightenment. In his preface to the new edition, Rene Girard writes of Pierre Saint-Amand's successful rendering of the essai classique, "Not a word in his book is superfluous; not a turn of phrase is selected for rhetorical effect. That is why he writes so elegantly". Maintaining that the eighteenth century was the last period to practice the art of seduction, Saint-Amand examines the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hanover and London, Brown Univ. Press, Published by University Press of...
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780874516869ISBN:0874516862
Description: Hardback, with dustwrapper. In almost as new condition. ISBN 0874516862 Contents include: “Of Coquetry: Marivaux, The Virtuous Orphan, or the Life of Marianne, Countess of ***”; “Poison: Prevost, Manon Lescaut”; “Forbidden Liaisons: Diderot, The Nun”; “The Seductive Parasite: Marivaux, The Upstart Peasant”; “The Unquiet Seducer: Crebillon, The Wayward Head and Heart”; “The Power of Evil: Les Liaisaons dangereuses”; “Gonadology: Sade, Juliette”; “Deadly Quadrille: Goethe, Elective Affinities”; ... read more
Binding: Library Binding
Publisher: UPNE
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780874516869ISBN:0874516862
Description: Good. No highlighting. This is an ex-library copy. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain library markings; 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization! read more
Edition: 1st AmericanEd
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of New England, Hanover and London
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780874516869ISBN:0874516862
Description: VG+ in VG+. Lt Edge Wear. jacket. Purple, black title. 5.75" x 8.75" 166 Pgs Translated by Jennifer Curtiss Gage. ". a comprehensive and concise study of the eighteenth-century French novel, providing a fesh look at amorous relations and offering a radical presentation of the dark side of the Enlightenment. " 18-3. read more
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