Sex and enlightenment: women in richardson and diderot
Auteur :
Goldberg, Rita
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521129886
Date de publication :
4 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
330 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Dr Goldberg argues that Samuel Richardson had expressed a powerful and hitherto unperceived sexual mythology in Clarissa, which also influenced Diderot's La Religieuse. Richardson's novels had achieved Diderot's declared aim as editor of the great Encyclopédie: to change the way people think.