L'abb� Lenglet-Dufresnoy a publi� de son vivant deux essais consacr�s � l'esth�tique romanesque: De l'usage des romans, commun�ment per�u comme un plaidoyer en faveur du roman, et L'Histoire justifi�e contre les romans, � premi�re vue un rejet des th�ses de l'ouvrage pr�c�dent. La d�couverte de deux manuscrits autographes de Lenglet-Dufresnoy, les Observations critiques de M. le C. Gordon de Percel sur son livre 'De l'usage des romans' et De l'utilit� des romans: seconde partie, remet en ...
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L'abb� Lenglet-Dufresnoy a publi� de son vivant deux essais consacr�s � l'esth�tique romanesque: De l'usage des romans, commun�ment per�u comme un plaidoyer en faveur du roman, et L'Histoire justifi�e contre les romans, � premi�re vue un rejet des th�ses de l'ouvrage pr�c�dent. La d�couverte de deux manuscrits autographes de Lenglet-Dufresnoy, les Observations critiques de M. le C. Gordon de Percel sur son livre 'De l'usage des romans' et De l'utilit� des romans: seconde partie, remet en question cette interpr�tation et �claire de fa�on inattendue une �tape cruciale de l'histoire du roman fran�ais. Dans cette premi�re �dition int�grale, Jan Herman et Jacques Cormier pr�sentent les fondements d'une r�flexion qui permet d'observer l'interaction entre les diff�rents mod�les romanesques de 1660 � 1750. Dans la premi�re partie du volume, ils exposent le contexte pol�mique dans lequel s'inscrivent les id�es de Lenglet-Dufresnoy. Examinant et confrontant un grand nombre de textes th�oriques avec lesquels les manuscrits entrent en dialogue, J. Herman et J. Cormier saisissent sur le vif les mouvances d'une pens�e qui na�t dans l'�criture m�me. La seconde partie de l'ouvrage comporte les manuscrits eux-m�mes, accompagn�s de variantes textuelles et de notes explicatives. L'�tude des manuscrits r�v�le en effet plusieurs strates d'�laboration, dont l'apparat critique permet d'entrevoir la superposition, strates auxquelles viennent s'ajouter interpolations et corrections. J. Herman et J. Cormier d�voilent dans l'ensemble du texte comment Lenglet-Dufresnoy articule une dialectique entre discours th�orique et pratique romanesque.
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Very Good Condition. This is a former Voltaire Foundation library copy, and is stamped 'Voltaire Foundation Library' on the front free endpaper. There are no other stamps or markings, and in all other respects it is a brand new, unread copy. Size: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm. 325 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; 34.32; ISBN: 0729411397. Add. Inventory No: 210906VFC5-2-070.
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