In this novel about attempts to sublimate desire for the benefit of communitarian ties (Clarens), letter writing is presented as natural, free from any code. In reality, the novel does not abstain from art or from scholarly memory. By repurifying signs, Jean-Jacques Rousseau conceals culture.
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