Jealousy and Novelistic Knowledge

In the repertoire of emotions that fascinate, when they do not dismay, René Girard, jealousy occupies a preeminent and ultimately fateful place. In Deceit, Desire, and the Novel Girard identifies jealousy as one of the "vices" of internal mediation and seconds Stendhal’s warning against je...

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Main Author: DiBattista, Maria 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2015
In: Mimesis, desire, and the novel
Year: 2015, Pages: 3-16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Girard, René 1923-2015
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:In the repertoire of emotions that fascinate, when they do not dismay, René Girard, jealousy occupies a preeminent and ultimately fateful place. In Deceit, Desire, and the Novel Girard identifies jealousy as one of the "vices" of internal mediation and seconds Stendhal’s warning against jealousy as one of the distinctly " modern emotions."¹ As this formulation suggests, jealousy for Girard is less a moral failing than a symptom of an ontological sickness endemic to the spiritual culture of modernity. According to his diagnosis, the jealous lover disguises the true nature of his affliction by attributing all his sufferings to a possessive
ISBN:9781609174521
Contains:Enthalten in: Mimesis, desire, and the novel