Adultery in the Novel: Contract and Transgression
His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Press
1979
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| In: | Year: 1979 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality. Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- Contract and Transgression -- Adultery and the Novel -- City, Field, and Temple -- The Stranger in the House -- Puns, Perversions, and Privations -- The City of the Nuptials -- Law and the River -- The Drawing Room and the Railway -- The Great Game of Differentiation -- The Whence of Desire -- The Triumph of the Will -- 2. ROUSSEAU'S LA NOUVELLE HÉLOÏSE -- Le Bosquet Profané -- Un Chalet à la Ville -- La Maison Paternelle -- La Parole du Père -- Elysium -- The Dream of the Veil -- Death by Water -- 3. GOETHE'S DIE WAHLVERWANDTSCHAFTEN -- The Monstrous Rights of the Present -- Country Living and Secret Passions -- Combining and Separating -- Pictures of Paternal Admonition -- 4. FLAUBERT'S MADAME BOVARY -- The Fog in Emma Bovary's Head -- Charles Bovary Goes to School, Drops His Cap, and Tries to Say His Name -- Monsieur Binet and His Lathe -- Rodolphe Fails to Distinguish -- Monsieur Homais Loses His Tempn -- Fetishism-Castles of Cake, Pellets from the Seraglio, the Damascened Rifle -- Distance, Happiness, Blindness-Léon, Lheureux, et l'Aveugle -- Who or What Is "Madame Bovary"? -- Iron, Mist, and Water-Constriction, Confusion, and Melting -- Dr. Larivière Makes a Joke -- Freud and the Duplicity of Language -- Emma in Rouen -- The "Morselization" of Emma Bovary -- Adultery Triumphant -- 5. CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (398 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-3442-1 |
