Illustrating Narrative Seduction: The Example of Choderlos de Laclos'sLes Liaisons Dangereusesin the Illustrated Edition of 1796

Autor:	Marine Ganofsky
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Literature History Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Modern theory Enlightenment Art history Art Witness Book Illustrations Narrative business media_common
Zdroj:	Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 38:1-27
ISSN:	1754-0194
DOI:	10.1111/1754-0208.12130
Popis:	The engravings of the 1796 edition of Les Liaisons dangereuses bear witness to the late eighteenth-century belief in a parallel between amorous and narrative seductions. More than mere interpretations of an intrigue, book engravings also offer a valuable insight into contemporaneous conceptualisations of novel-reading. The series studied here can be interpreted as illustrating the early modern theory that what unites reader and author is indeed a dangerous liaison. By presenting a dialogue between these engravings and eighteenth-century reception theories, I argue that book illustrations can help us understand how narrative seduction was believed to operate during the French Enlightenment.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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