Title: The eighteenth-century French novel : techniques of illusion /
Authors: Mylne, Vivienne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1981
Subjects: French fiction History and criticism.
Contents: Prolegomena, Theory and Background -- Fiction, History and Truth -- Memoirs and Pseudo-Memoirs -- Lesage and Conventions -- Prevost: The New 'Realism' -- Marivaux: Characters in Depth -- Crebillon: Innovations in Points of View -- Letter-Novels: History and Technique -- Crebillon's Letter-Novels -- Rousseau: A New Seriousness -- Diderot: Theory and Practice -- Restif de la Bretonne and Laclos: The Culmination of the Letter-Novel -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: Transitional Forms -- Conclusion -- Post-Script: Developments and Perspectives.