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French epistolary novel [ Literary & Artistic genres / Reading & Writing ]

… social. Concepts > Literary & Artistic genres Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Letter Letter-writing Conversation Epistolary novel Richardson Montesquieu Rousseau Laclos Le roman épistolaire est l’une des formes littéraires les plus accomplies … Partager sur Twitter Partager par Email Imprimer l'article View PDF Cite this article D'ASCENZO Federica, "French epistolary novel", The Digital Encyclopedia of British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century [online], ISSN …

Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]

… politically active alongside Philippe d’Orléans and participated in the debates of his time through his writing. His epistolary Les liaisons dangereuses , which was based on Richardson’s Clarissa , was his ‘unique book’. More radical than … sociability that had descended into libertinism. The work simultaneously marked the pinnacle and dissolution of the epistolary novel, the symbol of sociable exchange. People > Art and Literature People > Association Keywords Revolutionary …

Samuel Richardson [ Art and Literature ]

… of the heart and mind. People > Art and Literature Keywords Samuel Richardson Writing and reading practices Letter Epistolary sociability Friendship Sentiment Heart and mind Although Samuel Richardson was a reserved, taciturn man who … of conversation. For another thing, the interplay takes place between real and fictional letters as Richardson’s three novels are – partly in the case of Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded , and wholly in the case of Clarissa; Or, the History of a Young Lady and The History of Sir Charles Grandison – epistolary novels. 2   A network of sociability is fashioned by the very acts of sending and receiving letters, …

Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]

… held a special allure for French readers. This attraction is evident in the titles Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni gave to her novels as much as in the names of her characters. Her correspondence with David Garrick and Robert Liston also reveals … evolution of eighteenth-century theatrical creation. People > Art and Literature Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Epistolary friendship Theatre National specificities France and Great-Britain Anglomania Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni, née … French readers had for English literature, and the strong ties that united the two countries. The vibrant network of epistolary sociability which thrived during the Enlightenment would form the underpinnings of her enduring friendships …

Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]

… in the company of the leading musicians and artists of her day. Many of these experiences also found their way into her novels. Late in her career, in 1832, she wrote the now infamous biography of her father, Memoirs of Dr Charles Burney , … them to what she perceived to be the flaws of early nineteenth-century society.   People > Art and Literature Keywords Novels Journals Press Masquerade Vauxhall London Provinces Best known as a novelist and chronicler of London’s literary … own anxieties are nevertheless visible both in her rejection of the Branghtons and their ilk, and in Evelina’s polite epistolary style – the first, more vivacious manuscript that delighted Frances’s siblings was heavily redacted by the …