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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781406803321

Autore

Conroy Peter V

Titolo

Intimate, intrusive, and triumphant : readers in the Liaisons dangereuses / / Peter V. Conroy, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1987

ISBN

1-283-35888-3

9786613358882

90-272-7888-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages)

Collana

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 23

Disciplina

843/.6

Soggetti

Authors and readers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

INTIMATE, INTRUSIVE, AND TRIUMPHANT Readers in the Liaisons dangereuses; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface Pentecost: The Feast of the Reader; 1. Introduction to the Fictional Reader; Definition of the Fictional Reader; Editeur, Rédacteur, and Mme de Rosemonde; The Postal System: Privileging the Addressee; Reading : The Power of the Word; 2. A Theory of Fictional Readers and Their Reading; Awareness of the Reader; The Bonds of Confidence; Receiving and Responding; The Dangers of Reading; Writing/Reading: The Ultimate Act; 3. Hidden Readers

Valmont: The Reader as Thief; The Invited Intruder: Mme de Merteuil; 4. Split Personalities: Characterizing Writers and Readers; Cécile Volanges; Mme deVolanges; The Chevalier Danceny; Mme deRosemonde; 5. Writer vs. Reader: The Struggle for Power; The Written Battle Lines; The Readerly Armageddon; The Moral Reader; Notes; Selected Bibliography; The Text; Secondary Readings