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21%OFFAbbé Prévost - The Greek Girl´s Story - 9780271063928 - V9780271063928
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The Greek Girl´s Story

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Description for The Greek Girl´s Story Paperback. Translator(s): Singerman, Alan J (Davidson College). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
With The Greek Girl's Story, Alan Singerman presents the first reliable, stand-alone translation and critical edition of Abbe Prevost's 1740 literary masterpiece Histoire d'une Grecque moderne. The text of this new English translation is based on Singerman's 1990 French edition, which Jonathan Walsh called arguably the most valuable critical edition of Prevost's novel to date. This new edition also includes a complete critical apparatus comprising a substantial introduction, notes, appendixes, and bibliography, all significantly updated from the 1990 French edition, taking into account recent scholarship on this work and providing some additional reflection on the question of Orientalism. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
University Park, United States
ISBN
9780271063928
SKU
V9780271063928
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About Abbé Prévost
Alan J. Singerman is Richardson Professor Emeritus of French at Davidson College.

Reviews for The Greek Girl´s Story
At one time a Benedictine monk, Antoine-Francois Prevost (1697-1763) was a man of dubious morality fascinated by scandal and the struggle between virtue and desire. As a novelist, he wrote about enigmatic historical and fictional characters, exploring their hypocrisy, madness, and disgrace. His Histoire d'une Grecque moderne (1740), based on the actual experiences of a French ambassador to the Ottoman ... Read more

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