Constant: Adolphe

by Dennis Wood

Overview

Dr Wood traces in detail the frequently paradoxical development of themes and situations introduced in the opening chapters and lays stress on the novel's intricate writing. He places the book in its historical, intellectual and biographical context and examines its reception by writers as various as Stendhal, George Eliot, and Tolstoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521316569
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/26/1987
Series:	Landmarks of World Literature
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.31(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Biographical background; 2. The background of ideas; 3. Adolphe: the narrative and its framework; 4. Adolphe: the art of paradox; 5. Character and circumstance; 6. The portrait of Ellénore; 7. A choice of evils; 8. Adolphe and its readers.