{"product_id":"9781501352225","title":"European Roman d’Analyse Unconsummated Love Stories from Boccaccio to Stendhal","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEuropean Roman d’Analyse\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUnconsummated Love Stories from Boccaccio to Stendhal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdele Kudish\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close readings of a selection of European novels and novellas written between 1340 and 1827, this study of \"analytical fiction\" examines how unconsummated love stories probe the frailty of self-knowledge. Tracing elements of what the French call the \u003ci\u003eroman d'analyse\u003c\/i\u003e in the works of Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Cervantes, Marie de Lafayette, Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Stendhal, Adele Kudish discusses how the metaphor of unconsummated love is deployed to represent a fundamental lack of insight into the self. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than depicting the mind as transparent, analytical fiction deals in the opacity of the mind. Narrators and characters are faced with deception, misprision, doubt, and confusion, leading to self-deception, jealousy, and crises of self. \u003ci\u003eThe European Roman d'Analyse\u003c\/i\u003e reads such epistemological failures as symptoms of a more fundamental preoccupation with the human psyche as un-chartable and bizarre. In this way, the authors of \u003ci\u003eromans d'analyse\u003c\/i\u003e enact a larger philosophical project: an anatomy of the psyche wherein we are unable-or unwilling-to know ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdele Kudish\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, USA. She has published articles in \u003ci\u003eStudies in Philology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe French Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 January 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501352225\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332707221644,"sku":"9781501352225","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_dedfab8a-39df-4f0a-8334-fbca5312f859.jpg?v=1783605219","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501352225","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}