Continuum, Volume 4AMS Press, 1992 - French literature |
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Page 37
... passion for it , a formula of negation constructed around " rien " ( derived from rem , res , or chose ) decodes the ironic parable of virtue as a hidden story of destruction . The object is consumed ; Molière's play tells the story of ...
... passion for it , a formula of negation constructed around " rien " ( derived from rem , res , or chose ) decodes the ironic parable of virtue as a hidden story of destruction . The object is consumed ; Molière's play tells the story of ...
Page 77
... passion are worthy of our respect . By the time Suzanne tiptoes to the door to overhear her conversation with Dom Morel , and finds her " abominable , " our sympathies are not with Suzanne , but with the Mother Superior , a passionate ...
... passion are worthy of our respect . By the time Suzanne tiptoes to the door to overhear her conversation with Dom Morel , and finds her " abominable , " our sympathies are not with Suzanne , but with the Mother Superior , a passionate ...
Page 122
... Passion must be avoided because its illusions perturb the rational man's economy of pleasures . Free from prejudice and hypocrisy , rational women would also recognize that passion threatens pleasure : " si les femmes vouloient être de ...
... Passion must be avoided because its illusions perturb the rational man's economy of pleasures . Free from prejudice and hypocrisy , rational women would also recognize that passion threatens pleasure : " si les femmes vouloient être de ...
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