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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“The dust jacket, black cloth boards and the book's interior in fine condition.”
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Genre
World literature & Classics
Era
2010s
Book Title
Eighteenth-Century Escape Tales: Between Fact and Fiction
Ex Libris
No
Topic
Literary Theory
Intended Audience
Adults
Vintage
No
Inscribed
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Signed
No
Custom Bundle
No
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9781611487701

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bucknell University Press
ISBN-10
1611487706
ISBN-13
9781611487701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221600686

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
168 Pages
Publication Name
Eighteenth-Century Escape Tales : between Fact and Fiction
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, European / French, Books & Reading, Subjects & Themes / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Author
Léa Lebourg-Leportier
Series
Transits: Literature, Thought and Culture, 1650-1850 Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-015303
Reviews
Beyond the sheer entertainment value of the stories themselves (who would fail to be amused by Louis Dominique Cartouche's adventures or enthralled with the scandal and gossip surrounding the "Affair of the Necklace"?), there is much to learn in this volume about eighteenth-century French popular culture and the shifting perception of those who escaped from prison in the period. Each essay brings a wealth of archival information and critical perspectives to its object of study and develops the central argument laid out by the two editors in their introduction.... Eighteenth-Century Escape Tales makes a convincing case that escape narratives should be considered important moments in the development and reinforcement of values that have become central to our understanding of the Enlightenment period., "Beyond the sheer entertainment value of the stories themselves (who would fail to be amused by Louis Dominique Cartouche's adventures or enthralled with the scandal and gossip surrounding the "Affair of the Necklace"?), there is much to learn in this volume about eighteenth-century French popular culture and the shifting perception of those who escaped from prison in the period. Each essay brings a wealth of archival information and critical perspectives to its object of study and develops the central argument laid out by the two editors in their introduction.... Eighteenth-Century Escape Tales makes a convincing case that escape narratives should be considered important moments in the development and reinforcement of values that have become central to our understanding of the Enlightenment period." -- Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
809.933556
Table Of Content
A Note on Translations List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Michael J. Mulryan and Denis Grele One A Model for Eighteenth-Century Recits d'evasion: Odysseus's Flight from Polyphemus's Cave Michael J. Mulryan Two The "Slippery Eel": Escape Episodes and Ideological Ambiguity in Eighteenth-Century Criminal Biographies, The Cases of Louis-Dominique Cartouche and John Sheppard Lea Lebourg-Leportier Three Having a Cage in Her Hand: Escaping Representations of Comtesse de La Motte-Valois Claire Trevien Four Du plaisir dans ma solitude: Finding Pleasure in the Prisons of Manon Lescaut Rori Bloom Five Utopia as a Prison: Escaping from the Land of Happiness in Tyssot de Patot's Les Voyages et Avantures de Jaques Masse Denis Grele Conclusion Michael J. Mulryan and Denis Grele Bibliography Index About the Contributors
Synopsis
This volume is a study of the interdisciplinary nature of prison escape tales and their impact on European cultural identity in the eighteenth century. Prison escape narratives are reflections of the tension between the individual's potential happiness via freedom and the confines of the social order. Contemporary readers identified with the prisoner, who, like them suffered the injustices of an absolutist regime. The state imprisons such renegades not just out of a desire to protect the public but more importantly to protect the state itself. Hence, prison escape tales can be linked with a revolutionary tendency: when free, such former detainees equipped with a pen openly and justly challenge the status quo, hoping to inspire their readers to do the same. Escape tales have had a considerable impact on cultural identity, because they embody the interdependent relationship between literature and myth on the one hand and literature and history on the other., This volume is a study of the interdisciplinary nature of prison escape tales and their impact on European cultural identity in the eighteenth century. Contemporary readers identified with the heroism such works promoted, because escape heroes most often define themselves via their confrontation with the arbitrary power of the sovereign, ......
LC Classification Number
PN56.E72E54 2016

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