Before Fiction
The Ancien Régime of the Novel
Nicholas D. Paige
2011 | 304 pages | Cloth $59.95
Literature
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Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: The Three Regimes of the Novel
Chapter 1. The Impossible Princess (Lafayette)
Chapter 2. Quixote Circa 1670 (Subligny)
Chapter 3. How to Read a Mind (Crébillon)
Chapter 4. The Aesthetics of Sentiment (Rousseau)
Chapter 5. The Demon of Reality (Diderot)
Chapter 6. Beyond Belief (Cazotte)
Conclusion: On Narrators Natural and Unnatural
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments