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 development of literature as it moves from mimetic to generative fiction, from the power of gesture to that of word. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
By:
Arnold Weinstein
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3135
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780691615233
ISBN 10: 0691615233
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 23 September 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*The Marginal Self, pg. 19*Orphans, pg. 84*Collision, pg. 129*The Life as Book, pg. 200*Conclusion, pg. 252*Notes of Original Language, pg. 263*Index, pg. 301
