Writing the truth : authority and desire in Rousseau
1987, First Edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420438
ISBN: 0520056779
Physical description; xv, 227 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index. Contents; 1. Wolmar's game -- 2. Writing from afar -- 3. Speech beyond language -- 4. The freedom of servitude -- 5. The victim's sacrifice -- 6. The lawgiver's paraclete -- 7. Anthologies of desire. Subjects; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 Criticism and interpretation. Authority in literature. Desire in literature. French philosophy Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
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