An Inimitable Example: The Case for the Princesse De Cleves

Madame de Lafayette's La Princesse de Cleves has, since its publication in the late 17th century, been subjected to moralistic evaluation that has chastened and maligned the heroine for over three hundred years. The princess has been accused of implausible behaviour, deep-seated egoism, irreligion, obsessive concern with appearances, suicidal tendencies, psychological immaturity, cowardice and general inauthenticity as a human being.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813207657
• ISBN13: 9780813207650
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"