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Diderot'S Determined Fatalist : A Critical Appreciation of Jacques Le Fataliste / John Robert Loy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1950]Copyright date: ©1950Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231908580
  • 9780231880848
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE CRITICS -- 2. THE PLACE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL -- 3. THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" -- 4. CHARACTERS AND MINOR THEMES OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" -- 5. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE REALISTIC NOVEL -- 6. "JACQUES," DIDEROT, AND FATALISM -- 7. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE ETHICAL IDEAS OF DIDEROT -- 8. "JACQUES" AND DIDEROT-IN CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: Critically examines the importance of Diderot's novel, Jacques le Fataliste et son Maitre to eighteenth century French literature. Specifically examines the composition and structure of the novel, characters and themes, ethical ideas of Diderot, as well as realism and fatalism in reference to the author and his characters.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231880848

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE CRITICS -- 2. THE PLACE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL -- 3. THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" -- 4. CHARACTERS AND MINOR THEMES OF "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" -- 5. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE REALISTIC NOVEL -- 6. "JACQUES," DIDEROT, AND FATALISM -- 7. "JACQUES LE FATALISTE" AND THE ETHICAL IDEAS OF DIDEROT -- 8. "JACQUES" AND DIDEROT-IN CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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Critically examines the importance of Diderot's novel, Jacques le Fataliste et son Maitre to eighteenth century French literature. Specifically examines the composition and structure of the novel, characters and themes, ethical ideas of Diderot, as well as realism and fatalism in reference to the author and his characters.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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