Prévost

Author : Peter Tremewan
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0729301796

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Prévost by Peter Tremewan Pdf

Author : Jonathan Walsh
Publisher : Summa Publications, Inc.
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1883479304

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Abbé Prévost's Histoire D'une Grecque Moderne by Jonathan Walsh Pdf

Histoire d'une Grecque moderne is a masterpiece of ambiguity. Through the narrator's own bias and hypocrisy and through his "doubles" in the story who mirror or contrast with his character, Abbe Prevost deflates the patriarchal figures of eighteenth-century European society. The Oriental heroine's quest for intellectual and physical autonomy challenges such traditional authority figures as the aristocratic hero/narrator, the European imperialist, the "philosophe," and the writer who reflect Western sexual and cultural prejudices. Like the other novels of Prevost's 1740 trilogy (and even to a greater extent than in "Manon Lescaut"), "La Greque moderne" conveys a disturbing moral pessimism and indeterminancy that, in the end, the heroine's courage and determination cannot overcome. In an age of skepticism and increasing individualism, "La Greque moderne" seems to question the existence of any trustworthy model of moral authority.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Abbe Prevost and English Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433000291892

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Catalogue of Printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455986

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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : R. A. Francis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015029740894

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The Abbé Prévost's First-person Narrators by R. A. Francis Pdf

Amidst a revival of interest in the novels of the abbé Prévost, this study addresses some of the interpretive issues that are being raised concerning his work, namely what intellectual, moral and aesthetic meaning should we seek in works that were designed as entertainments, and should we persist in rating Manon Lescaut more highly than the rest of Prévost's output? The narrative strategies and types of distortion inherent in each of Prévost's narrators are examined. More general observations are made on the mechanics of Prévost's narration such as the deceptive rhetorical devices of juxtaposing different accounts of the same event by two or more narrators and the use of the double registre or separation of narrator from protagonist. Other aspects of Prévost's fictional technique are considered - for example, the extent to which he drew upon contemporary traditions in the novel. Another important theme is the relationship between Prévost's fictional world and the real world in which topics such as other-portrayal and the handing of time reflect the degree of unreliability of the narrator's vision. Parallel episodes and interpolations are also used to illuminate subtly the work's central themes. The latter part of this study is dedicated to the moral dilemmas raised in Prévost's work in which the world - and the author's heroes - appear to be governed by three complex and often conflicting codes of behaviour - those of religion, honour, and 'love' or 'sensibility'. In particular, the problems of women are represented as well as the failure of the heroic ideal amongst the aristocracy. In religious matters, Prévost is revealed as a man of tolerance, ultimately concerned with human nature. The Prévost who emerges from this study combines a high degree of technical mastery with a serious moral interest in the human heart. His demystification of the ideal of heroism and his fragmented vision of the human personality are likely to appeal to the modern reader. The powerful dramatisation of moral conflict, familiar in Manon Lescaut, is indeed to be found throughout his work.

Author : National Art Library (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1140 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSC:32106020263262

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Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: L to Z by National Art Library (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Biography
ISBN : NYPL:33433082131362

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Prévost. Mme. de Lambert. Mme. Necker. Diderot. Rousseau. Grimm. Mme. d'Épinay. Buffon. Saint-Pierre. Frederick the Great. Margravine of Baireuth. Beaumarchais. Necker. Marie-Antoinette by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Pdf

Author : Frank Howard Wilcox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : English language
ISBN : UCAL:C2930036

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Prévost's Translations of Richardson's Novels by Frank Howard Wilcox Pdf

Author : Michel Mathieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062602615

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Rapports judiciaires revisés de la province de Québec by Michel Mathieu Pdf

Author : William Cochrane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Canada
ISBN : HARVARD:32044100177567

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The Canadian Album by William Cochrane Pdf

Author : Abbé Prévost
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780271089355

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The Greek Girl's Story by Abbé Prévost Pdf

With The Greek Girl’s Story, Alan Singerman presents the first reliable, stand-alone translation and critical edition of Abbé Prévost’s 1740 literary masterpiece Histoire d’une Grecque moderne. The text of this new English translation is based on Singerman’s 1990 French edition, which Jonathan Walsh called “arguably the most valuable critical edition” of Prévost’s novel to date. This new edition also includes a complete critical apparatus comprising a substantial introduction, notes, appendixes, and bibliography, all significantly updated from the 1990 French edition, taking into account recent scholarship on this work and providing some additional reflection on the question of Orientalism. Prévost’s roman à clef is based on a true story involving the French ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1699 to 1711. It is narrated from the ambassador’s viewpoint and is a model of subjective, unreliable narration (long before Henry James). It is remarkably modern in its presentation of an enigmatic, ambiguous character, as the truth about the heroine can never be established with certainty. It is the story of the tormented relationship between the diplomat and a beautiful young Greek concubine, Théophé, whom he frees from a pasha’s harem. While her benefactor becomes increasingly infatuated with her and bent on becoming her lover, the Greek girl becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a virtuous and respected woman. Viewing the ambassador as a father figure, she condemns his quasi-incestuous passion and firmly rejects his repeated seduction attempts. Unable to possess the young woman or tolerate the thought that she might grant to someone else what she has refused him, the narrator subjects her behavior to minute scrutiny in an effort to catch her in an indiscretion. His investigations are fruitless, however, and Théophé, the victim of incessant persecution, simply dies, leaving all the questions about her behavior unanswered.

Author : National Art Library (Great Britain),Great Britain. Department of Science and Art
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Art
ISBN : OXFORD:303539267

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Supplement to the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art by National Art Library (Great Britain),Great Britain. Department of Science and Art Pdf

Author : Joseph Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Biography
ISBN : YALE:39002088660767

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Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1768 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UIUC:30112055104704

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Cumulated Index Medicus by Anonim Pdf