The Open Boundary of History and Fiction A Critical Approach to the French Enlightenment |
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Author:
| Gearhart, Suzanne |
Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-65570-3 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Challenging the view that a critical sense of history is missing from the Enlightenment, Suzanne Gearhart links the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, and Rosseau with the inquiry into the boundary between literature and history in contemporary critical discourse. She considers the theories of Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Althusser, Genette, White
Challenging the view that a critical sense of history is missing from the Enlightenment, Suzanne Gearhart links the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, and Rosseau with the inquiry into the boundary between literature and history in contemporary critical discourse. She considers the theories of Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Althusser, Genette, White