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Modes of Seduction
Deborah Schocket
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Description for Modes of Seduction
Hardback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
his volume studies representations of seduction by two nineteenth-century writers whose works paint intersecting pictures of French society during the Restoration and July Monarchy, highlighting both continuities and discontinuities between Ancien Regime and postrevolutionary literature and society. The realm of seduction - where forces of desire, power, and sex converge - provides a focal point for Schocket's analysis of gender stereotypes and their subversions, the ties between the sexual drive and the desire for self-affirmation and power over another, and the factors such as class and sex that shape one's identity and ability to influence others. Through its examination of ... Read more
his volume studies representations of seduction by two nineteenth-century writers whose works paint intersecting pictures of French society during the Restoration and July Monarchy, highlighting both continuities and discontinuities between Ancien Regime and postrevolutionary literature and society. The realm of seduction - where forces of desire, power, and sex converge - provides a focal point for Schocket's analysis of gender stereotypes and their subversions, the ties between the sexual drive and the desire for self-affirmation and power over another, and the factors such as class and sex that shape one's identity and ability to influence others. Through its examination of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611472929
SKU
V9781611472929
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About Deborah Schocket
Deborah Houk Schocket has published articles on dandyism, identity, and seduction in nineteenth-century French literature. She earned her BA at Rice University and her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches French literatur, language, and culture at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
Reviews for Modes of Seduction
Modes of Seduction is a significant contribution to Balzac and Sand studies.
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