Fictions of the Self, 1550-1800

by Arnold Weinstein

Book Overview

The author charts the interaction between self and world through four major phases whereby the self initially has marginal status (the picaresque), begins to flourish and court recognition (Defoe, Marivaux, and Fielding), glows defiant and tries to impose its will on society and the other (Prevost, Richardson, Goethe, and Laclos), and finally makes a prophetic inward turn (Diderot, Sterne, and Rousseau). He shows how these phases also reflect the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691615233
• ISBN13: 9780691615233
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"