[1.] The marginal self The marketplace: Lazarillo de Tormes -- The making of a skin-artist: La Vida del Buscón -- The unknown soldier: Simplicissimus -- Public intimacy: La Princesse de Clèves -- [2.] Orphans The self-made woman I: Moll Flanders -- The self-made woman II: La Vie de Marianne -- The body beautiful: Joseph Andrews -- [3.] Collision Old worlds and new worlds: Manon Lescant -- The failure of feeling: Die Leiden des jungen Werthers -- Huis Clos: Clarissa -- Languages of the self: Les Liaisons dangereuses -- [4.] The life as book The imploding self: Le Neveu de Rameau -- New worlds and old worlds: Tristram shandy -- The written life: Les Confessions -- Conclusion Notes of original language
Analysis
Fiction, 1550-1800. Special subjects: Self - Critical studies
