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Restif's Novels, or An Autobiography in Search of an Author

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#413862-XX21
Titel	Restif's Novels, or An Autobiography in Search of an Author
Auteur	Porter, Charles A.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1967
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt lettered and decorated spine, dust jacket, frontispiece portrait, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Self-taught, independent, and keenly observant, Restif de la Bretonne (I734-1806) until recently was dismissed as a poor imitator of Rousseau and Sade, an erotic psychopath, and a repetitious reformer of everything from prostitution to spelling. Though he has now captivated the attention of cultural historians and biographers, this is the first full-scale study of his unique achievements in the novel, the genre of half of his voluminous literary output. Mr. Porter explores his development of autobiographical and realistic fiction at a time when there was no autobiographical novel and when the lower classes appeared in literature only as caricatures. The exquisite detail and panoramic sweep of Restif's social criticism and the shameless and sordid realism of his writings are revealed by thi... (Lees verder)s thorough investigation, in which the argument is supported by skillfully developed descriptions and carefully chosen quotations.
Pagina's	441
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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