Pets and their couples: chardin, charrière, bernardin de saint-pierre, and marivaux
Auteur :
Woodward, Servanne
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN :
9783034321105
Date de publication :
6 juil. 2016
Dimensions :
23,0 x 16,0 cm
Poids :
410 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
Baroque novels focus on the psychology of love, while love in the context of nature is the subject of the pastoral genre. Introducing animals to such texts proves challenging and involves a reversal of scale and comedy. The conceptions of the «couple» and the status of the «pet» are investigated.