Letter Form and the French Enlightenment

The Epistolary Paradox

John W. Howland (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

197 Seiten

1991
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-1132-3 (ISBN)

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One of the most striking developments of the eighteenth century in France is the emergence of the epistolary form as a dominant vehicle for cultural and literary expression. Almost any kind of narrative can be found in letter form during the Enlightenment; by the century's second half, the letter has become an all-purpose literary omnibus and serves, moreover, as the basic structural component of many of the period's most widely-read novels. This work explores the implications of the letter's popularity in terms of the eighteenth century's intellectual climate, and concludes that the epistolary form is particularly well-suited to an expression of the Enlightenment's ideological concerns.

Contents: Eighteenth-Century French Literature - Prose Narrative - Novel - Epistolary Form.

Reihe/Serie	American University Studies ; 126
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8204-1132-9 / 0820411329
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-1132-3 / 9780820411323
Zustand	Neuware