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The libertine's nemesis : the prude in Clarissa and the Roman libertin
- Title
- The libertine's nemesis : the prude in Clarissa and the Roman libertin / James Fowler.
- Author
- Fowler, J. E. (James E.)
- Publication
- London : Modern Humanities Reasearch Association and Maney Publishing, 2011.
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- Description
- 172 p.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "What is the role of the prude in the 'roman libertin'? James Fowler argues that in the most famous novels of the genre (by Richardson, Crébillon fils, Laclos and Sade) the prude is not the libertine's victim but an equal and opposite force working against him, and that ultimately she brings retribution for his social, erotic and philosophical presumption. In a word, she is his Nemisis. He is vulnerable to her power because of the ambivalence he feels towards her; she is his ideological enemy, but also his ideal object. Moreover, the libertine succumbs to an involuntary nostalgia for the values of the seventeenth century, which the prude continues to embody through the age of Enlightenment. In Crébillon fils and Richardson, the encounter between libertine and prude is played out as a skirmish or duel between two individuals. In Laclos and Sade, the presence of female libertines (the Marquise de Merteuil and Juliette) allows that encounter to be reenacted within a murderous triangle"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.
- Series Statement
- Legenda main series
- Alternative Title
- Prude in Clarissa and the Roman libertin
- Subject
- Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761
- Crébillon, Claude-Prosper Jolyot de, 1707-1777 > Criticism and interpretation
- Laclos, Choderlos de, 1741-1803 > Criticism and interpretation
- Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 > Criticism and interpretation
- Prudence in literature
- Libertinism in literature
- European fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
- Language (note)
- English and French.
- Contents
- Les Égarements du cœur et de l'esprit -- Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady -- Les liaisons dangereuses -- La nouvelle Justine, ou les malheurs de la vertu, suivie de l'Histoire de Juliette, sa sœur -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFF 11-469
- ISBN
- 9781907625015 (hbk.)
- 1907625011 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 705275241
- Author
- Fowler, J. E. (James E.)
- Title
- The libertine's nemesis : the prude in Clarissa and the Roman libertin / James Fowler.
- Imprint
- London : Modern Humanities Reasearch Association and Maney Publishing, 2011.
- Series
- Legenda main series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
- Language
- English and French.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 11-469