Libertine's nemesis, the: the prude in clarissa and the roman libertin
Auteur :
Fowler, James
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367603380
Date de publication :
30 juin 2020
Dimensions :
24,7 x 17,0 cm
Poids :
740 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book discusses Fowler's thesis on the establishment of a symbiotic relationship between the libertine and the prude in a number of key eighteenth-century texts. He stresses that prude and libertine need each other to define themselves, a symbiosis most graphically enacted in the Sadean orgy.