LEADER 03803nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910956577503321 005 20240514061359.0 010 $a1-283-35888-3 010 $a9786613358882 010 $a90-272-7888-1 024 7 $a10.1075/pumrl.23 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072696 035 $a(EBL)805798 035 $a(OCoLC)769342203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001004673 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11564832 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001004673 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11065153 035 $a(PQKB)11697326 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC805798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL805798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10517187 035 $a(DE-B1597)719320 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027278883 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072696 100 $a19870414d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIntimate, intrusive, and triumphant $ereaders in the Liaisons dangereuses /$fPeter V. Conroy, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia :$cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.,$d1987. 215 $a1 online resource (151 pages) 225 1 $aPurdue University monographs in Romance languages,$x0165-8743 ;$vv. 23 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a90-272-1733-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aINTIMATE, 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, Re?dacteur, 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 327 $aValmont: The Reader as Thief; The Invited Intruder: Mme de Merteuil; 4. Split Personalities: Characterizing Writers and Readers; Ce?cile 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 330 $aIn both the real and the symbolic sense, the action of the Liaisons is writing letters, which is to say, giving the phrase an ontological twist, that writing is its own subject. Letters in an epistolary novel recount and reenact simultaneously, without distinction. Doing and telling are congruent, interchangeable, identical activities. The Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont are the principal characters in this novel because they know best how to use the word. They control and direct others through their writing. From our perspective, however, to listen well is an even more critical and fundamental activity than writing well. The ultimate victor in this novel of seduction and deception is not necessarily the one who writes best but rather he, or she, who reads best. Concentrating on the reader places the entire epistolary exchange in a new light and accentuates the use of the word as an instrument of power and the letter as a tool for domination. 410 0$aPurdue University monographs in Romance languages ;$v23. 606 $aAuthors and readers 615 0$aAuthors and readers. 676 $a843/.6 700 $aConroy$b Peter V$0783169 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956577503321 996 $aIntimate, intrusive, and triumphant$94375470 997 $aUNINA