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Thresholds of Desire: Authority and Transgression in the Rougon-Macquart

Thresholds of Desire: Authority and Transgression in the Rougon-Macquart

Caws, Mary Ann
Chessid, Ilona

Hardcover

Series: Reading Plus, Book 12

Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 0820420379
ISBN13: 9780820420370
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Dec 1 1993
Pages: 146
Language: English
This innovative reading of Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart uncovers a complex system of repression and rebellion in the society of 19th-century France. It identifies literal and figurative thresholds as loci of conflict in the novels, and reveals a network of mechanisms for expressing transgressive desire within the bounds of acceptability. Thresholds of Desire begins with an exploration of physical boundaries such as doors, windows and walls, then goes on to examine social institutions such as the Church and the theater. It demonstrates how these constructs often provoke the transgression they are expected to prevent. Through an original application of concepts such as mediation and metaphor, the study develops a remarkable theory of veiling, which explains how the illicit is made permissible by a partial covering or disguise.

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