Montaigne and the Ethics of SkepticismUnique comprehensive anthology of standard and non-standard short fiction by Stael, Denon, Stendhal, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Sand, Mirimie, Desbordes-Valmore, Flaubert, Hugo, Zola, Huysmans, Rachilde, Schwob, Barbey-d'Aurevilly, and Villiers de l'Isle d'Adam. Important new theoretical/historical introduction; incisive critical preface to, and up-to-date bibliography on, each author and richly annotated work. |
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