Limites et transgressions dans la fiction et l'imaginaire du roman libertin du XVIIIe siècle
Limits and transgressions in the fiction and imaginary of the libertine novel of the 18th century

Author(s): Carmen Andrei
Subject(s): French Literature, Cultural Essay, Philology
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: Threshold; libertine; 18th century; transgression; pace; private;
Summary/Abstract: The present work focuses on the analysis of the threshold in the libertine imaginary, i.e. the physical, material, and affective, mental representations and (con)figurations of the boundaries and transgressions in the libertine literature of the 18th century, seen through the notion of threshold which is ever present in everything it contains on the overt/covert side, in the not-yet and already-done, the obscured-exhibited, consistently present in the temporal and spatial structures of fiction. The authors of books circulating in the free trade, "second-rate" creations, always kept on the fringes of literature, the same as their characters (young apprentices and experienced libertines), transgress everything, all bounds and frontiers, taboos and interdictions, showing a Promethean libertarian identity assertion will, a desire to defy, a bet to make or a challenge to beat.

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