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Auteur(s) : Ganofsky, Marine
Titre(s) : Night in French libertine fiction [Texte imprimé] / Marine Ganofsky
Publication : Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-285 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Oxford university studies in the Enlightenment ; 2018, 6
Lien à la collection : Oxford university studies in the Enlightenment (Print)
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 263-278. Index. - L'ouvrage porte l'ISSN de la collection précédente
: 0435-2866
In the age of Enlightenment the concept of night evolved from being a time of dread
to a time for pleasure. Between the start of the Régence (1715-1723) and the French
Revolution the nocturnal and the erotic became intrinsically connected : shadows and
darkness were reconfigured as the object of the philosophes' fascination, while night
was increasingly experienced as the realm of the self. Nowhere is this paradigmatic
shift better recorded than in French libertine literature of the long eighteenth century.
Marine Ganofsky delves into the night scenes of libertine fiction to analyse how the
idea of night was reimagined and represented by writers ranging from Crébillon to
Sade. Her original analysis of erotic encounters in pornographic novels, gallant stories
and sensual fairy tales reveals how they capture the period's emancipation from superstitions
and traditions. The nocturnal settings of these libertine narratives were the primary
means of staging men and women's hitherto hidden sexual encounters and innermost fantasies,
and ultimately illustrate the conquest of night-time terrors in favour of social encounters
and amorous intimacy. Libertine nocturnal scenes reflect above all the Enlightenment's
re-invention of shadows less as an obstacle than an incentive to discover the mysteries
they harbour. Through her innovative research Marine Ganofsky presents the erotic
nights of libertine fiction as a sign that the siècle des Lumières, free to enjoy
the charms to be found in, or under, the cover of darkness, was also the siècle de
la nuit
Sujet(s) : Libertinage -- Dans la littérature
Nuit -- Dans la littérature
Sexualité -- Dans la littérature
Littérature érotique française -- 18e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey : 843.509 (23e éd.) = Roman de langue française - 1715-1789 - Histoire et critique ; 840.935 3809033 (23e éd.) = Littérature érotique de langue française - Histoire et critique - 1700-1799
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-7294-1215-5 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455286210
Notice n° :
FRBNF45528621
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; 1. Enlightening the night: a cultural and historical perspective on eighteenth-century nights ; 2. The nocturnal aesthetics of libertine fiction ; 3. Night as a hiding space ; 4. Nocturnal illusions: dreams of sylph-like lovers ; 5. Nocturnal revelations ; 6. Queens of the night : women and their nocturnal mystery in Les Liaisons dangereuses ; 7. The end of libertine nights : "Les Cent Vingt Journées de Sodome" ; Epilogue: beyond libertine nights - mornings and morrows.
