Author: DeJean, Joan
Title: Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1984). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xii,355 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Vauban's Fortresses & the Defense of French Classicism; La Fontaine's Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap; The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves; 'Julie' and 'Emile': "Studia la Matematica"; 'Les Liasons dangereuses': Writing Under the Other's Name; Inside the Sadean Fortress: 'Les 120 Journees de Sodome'; Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, French Literature, Classicism, Form, Fortification, Rousseau, Laclos, Sade, Vauban