Adultery in the Novel Contract and Transgression
by [Tanner, Tony]
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Originally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of novels from Anna Karenina to Couples. Tony Tanner proposes that transgressions of the marriage contract take on a special significance in the "bourgeois novels" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His interpretation begins with the general topic of adultery in literature and then zeroes in on three works--Rousseau's La Nouvelle Héloïse, Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften, and Flaubert's Madame Bovary. His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality.
Product Details
- Johns Hopkins University Brand
- Feb 4, 2020 Pub Date:
- 9781421434414 ISBN-13:
- 1421434415 ISBN-10:
- 396.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 9 in * 1.25 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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