French Literature Reviews - 2026
C. Aznavour, Les Corps de Marivaux
Other Literary Studies
Clémence Aznavour
Les Corps de Marivaux
Paris, Classiques Garnier, coll. L'Europe des Lumières, 2021
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EAN : 9782406106180
435 pages
39 €
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This study takes as its starting point the complete works of Marivaux, across all genres and periods. It analyzes his early writings, his moralist essays from periodicals and the theater, as well as texts written after the 1730s.
Clémence Aznavour examines the complete works of Marivaux, considering texts produced across multiple genres and periods. The volume engages with his early writings, the moralist essays published in periodicals, his contributions to the theater, and various texts written after the 1730s. Readers interested in eighteenth-century French literature and the broader landscape of Enlightenment letters may find this study relevant to their pursuits.
The L'Europe des Lumières collection at Classiques Garnier publishes scholarship dedicated to the intellectual, aesthetic, and literary currents of the eighteenth century. Studies within this tradition typically examine how writers of the period negotiated shifting moral, social, and theatrical norms. This volume fits within that scholarly framework by attending to the diverse output of an emblematic figure of the era, moving between periodical essays, early works, and later writings to consider the full expanse of his literary career.