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As he demonstrates that narratives of seduction function as a
master plot for French literature in the eighteenth century, Paul
Young argues that the prevalence of this trope was a reaction to a
dominant cultural discourse that coded the novel and the new
practice of solitary reading as dangerous, seductive practices.
Situating his study in the context of paintings, educational
manuals, and criticism that caution against the act of reading,
Young considers both canonical and lesser-known works by authors
that include Rousseau, Sade, Bastide, Laclos, Crebillon fils, and
the writers of two widely read libertine novels. How these authors
responded to a cultural climate that viewed literature, and
especially the novel, as seductive, sheds light on the perils and
pleasures of authorship, the ways in which texts interact with the
larger cultural discourse, and what eighteenth-century texts tell
us about the dangers of reading or writing. Ultimately, Young
argues, the seduction not in the text, but by the text raises
questions about the nature of pleasure in eighteenth-century French
literature and culture.
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