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Page 146
... Merteuil and Valmont , the ambiguities are merely reinforced . Madame de Volanges , the mother of the young virgin whom Valmont is supposed to deflower , believes that they are nothing more than friends ; the Présidente , on the other ...
... Merteuil and Valmont , the ambiguities are merely reinforced . Madame de Volanges , the mother of the young virgin whom Valmont is supposed to deflower , believes that they are nothing more than friends ; the Présidente , on the other ...
Page 147
... Merteuil's determination to manipulate the sexual life of the other characters and to provoke them into sexual acts , with or without their consent , sustains and compounds these ambiguities . In the twentieth letter of the novel , Merteuil ...
... Merteuil's determination to manipulate the sexual life of the other characters and to provoke them into sexual acts , with or without their consent , sustains and compounds these ambiguities . In the twentieth letter of the novel , Merteuil ...
Page 150
... Merteuil sees only two possibilities : victory or crushing defeat . Borrowing the definitive expression of the heroic ethos , " il faut vaincre ou périr , " that states the absolute necessity of triumph or destruction , Merteuil sums up ...
... Merteuil sees only two possibilities : victory or crushing defeat . Borrowing the definitive expression of the heroic ethos , " il faut vaincre ou périr , " that states the absolute necessity of triumph or destruction , Merteuil sums up ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ritual and Roleplaying in the World of the Hero | 11 |
Erotic Love and Egoism in the Age of Enlightenment | 117 |
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