Adultery in the Novel : Contract and Transgression

Adultery in the Novel Contract and Transgression

Originally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of novels from Anna Karenina to Couples. Tony Tanner proposes that transgressions of the marriage contract take on a specia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanner, Tony (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, > 1712-1778. > Nouvelle H©elo©ise.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > 1749-1832. > Wahlverwandtschaften.
Flaubert, Gustave, > 1821-1880. > Madame Bovary.
1700-1899
Fiction.
Adultery in literature.
Fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Sex & sexuality, social aspects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422347106719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Rousseau's La Nouvelle Heloise
  • 3. Goethe's Die Wahlverwandtschaften
  • 4. Flaubert's Madame Bovary
  • 5. Conclusion.

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