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This scholarly volume examines how the lettre de cachet shaped both Denis Diderot's life and literary output during the eighteenth century. The study begins by investigating Diderot's personal encounters with two arrest warrants before moving into detailed textual analysis of his fictional works, including Le Pere de famille, Jacques le fataliste, and Est-il bon? Est-il mechant?. The author provides a critical reading of La Religieuse, Diderot's epistolary novel, arguing that Madame Simonin acts on moral cupidity when she sends her daughter Suzanne two concealed lettres de cachet demanding confinement to a convent. This examination bridges biography and literary criticism to illuminate how state power and self-interest intersect in Diderot's portrayal of individual liberty and moral agency within the constraints of absolutist French society.

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Explores Diderot's personal experience as recipient of two lettres de cachet and their lasting influence on his literary vision.

Analyses references to arrest warrants across three major fictional works: Le Pere de famille, Jacques le fataliste, and Est-il bon? Est-il mechant?.

Examines La Religieuse as an epistolary novel where moral cupidity drives Madame Simonin's actions toward her daughter Suzanne's confinement.

Published by Routledge as part of the Eighteenth-Century Literature series for academic study of French Enlightenment thought.

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Routledge
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hardcover
ASIN
0367173735
Category
Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
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Amazon UK
Release Date
30 January 2019
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12 October 2018

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