This is the first English translation of a pre-Freudian psychological novel. The narrator victimizes women while feeling victimized by his own sensuality.

Considering canonical and lesser-known works by authors that include Rousseau, Sade, Bastide, Laclos, Crébillon fils, and the writers of two widely read libertine novels, Paul Young suggests that narratives of seduction function as a master plot for eighteenth-century French literature. How authors reacted to a cultural discourse that coded literature and solitary reading as dangerous, seductive practices sheds light on the history of authorship, especially the development of the novel.

De 1745 à 1765, pendant cette brève période de vingt ans qui correspond presque exactement au " règne " de la favorite de Louis XV, madame de Pompadour, la peinture française connaît une intense créativité et une remise en question des dogmes artistiques prévalant jusqu'alors. Des débats esthétiques virulents animent la " génération Pompadour ", qui est aussi celle des Encyclopédistes. Un engouement nouveau pour la recherche historique et archéologique engendre la naissance de la critique et de l'histoire de l'art, tandis que se multiplient les salons, les mécènes et les commanditaires. En parallèle, des personnalités fortes, Fragonard, Boucher, Chardin, Greuze... développent une peinture personnelle, entre volupté et naturalisme. Au fil d'une cinquantaine de toiles signées des plus grands noms, l'ouvrage revient sur cet âge d'or. Ce livre accompagne l'exposition La Volupté du goût. La peinture française au temps de madame de Pompadour, organisée par le Portland Art Museum et le musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours sous l'égide de la fédération de musées FRAME (French Regional American Museum Exchange). Grâce à celle-ci, certaines des oeuvres les plus prestigieuses des musées américains et français ont pu être réunies. Cet ouvrage est enrichi par un CD audio d'enregistrements inédits de l'ensemble PhilidOr et d'Olivier Baumont, qui permet de retrouver l'univers musical de l'époque.

A consideration of Petrarch's influence on, and appearance in, French texts - and in particular, his appropriation by the Avignonese. Was Petrarch French? This book explores the various answers to that bold question offered by French readers and translators of Petrarch working in a period of less well-known but equally rich Petrarchism: the nineteenth century. It considers both translations and rewritings: the former comprise not only Petrarch's celebrated Italian poetry but also his often neglected Latin works; the latter explore Petrarch's influence on and presence in French novels aswell as poetry of the period, both in and out of the canon. Nineteenth-century French Petrarchism has its roots in the later part of the previous century, with formative contributions from Voltaire, Rousseau, and, in particular, the abbé de Sade. To these literary catalysts must be added the unification of Avignon with France at the Revolution, as well as anniversary commemorations of Petrarch's birth and death celebrated in Avignon and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse across the period (1804-1874-1904). Situated at the crossroads of reception history, medievalism, and translation studies, this investigation uncovers tensions between the competing construction of a national, French Petrarch and a local, Avignonese or Provençal poet. Taking Petrarch as its litmus test, this book also asks probing questions about the bases of nationality, identity, and belonging. Jennifer Rushworth is a Junior Research Fellowat St John's College, Oxford.