Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade

Joan E. Dejean

Published by Princeton University Press 1984

Literary Fortifications

Rousseau, Laclos, Sade

Joan E. Dejean

Volume 918 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400853755

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This highly original interpretation of the novel of the French Classical age explores military strategy as a central metaphor in Rousseau's Julie and Emile, Laclos' Les Liaisons dangereuses, and Sade's Les 120 Journees de Sodome.

Originally published in 1984.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
A Note on References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Vauban’s Fortresses and the Defense of French Classicism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
II. La Fontaine’s Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
III. The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
IV. Julie and Emile: “Studia la Matematica” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
V. Les Liaisons dangereuses: Writing under the Other’s Name Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
VI. Inside the Sadean Fortress: Les no Journées de Sodome Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
VII. Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356

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