Le bizarre and le decousu in the novels and theoretical works of Denis Diderot
Subtitle: how the idea of marginality originated in eighteenth-century France
By: Barbara Lise Abrams ; with a preface by Jennifer Vanderheyden.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773446632
Subjects: Diderot, Denis, -- 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation; Marginality, Social, in literature; Marginality, Social -- Philosophy; Philosophy, French -- 18th century; Enlightenment -- France
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tracing the margins : defining marginality in context; title: Foolery and insanity : pathways to the margin in Le neveu de Rameau; title: Against her will : forced marginality in La religieuse; title: Diderot's unholy grail : the bizarre and unraveled quest.