Continuum, Volume 4AMS Press, 1992 - French literature |
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Page 76
... novel La Religieuse . DIDEROT'S NUN This novel was deeply rooted in Diderot's personal experience ; his sister , Angélique , had died insane in the convent of the Ursulines at Langres in 1748 at the age of 28. The work had originated as ...
... novel La Religieuse . DIDEROT'S NUN This novel was deeply rooted in Diderot's personal experience ; his sister , Angélique , had died insane in the convent of the Ursulines at Langres in 1748 at the age of 28. The work had originated as ...
Page 82
... novel in manuscript about lesbian nuns - Diderot also acknowledges that as the author of a text about sexual innocence , he is conscious of how that subject has been utilized by authors of frankly pornographic novels . He insists on ...
... novel in manuscript about lesbian nuns - Diderot also acknowledges that as the author of a text about sexual innocence , he is conscious of how that subject has been utilized by authors of frankly pornographic novels . He insists on ...
Page 119
... novel of the preceding century by changing it ; it interprets the novel as a hypocritical or stupid aberration of the language of desire .... ( " Intertextuality " 207 ) The libertine novel superimposes a " vertical dialogue with past ...
... novel of the preceding century by changing it ; it interprets the novel as a hypocritical or stupid aberration of the language of desire .... ( " Intertextuality " 207 ) The libertine novel superimposes a " vertical dialogue with past ...
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