TY - BOOK AU - Loy,John Robert TI - Diderot'S Determined Fatalist: A Critical Appreciation of Jacques Le Fataliste SN - 9780231908580 PY - 1950///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/loy-90858 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231880848.jpg ER -