The Greek Girl's Story - Abbe Prevost - Livros - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271063928 - 15 de setembro de 2014
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The Greek Girl's Story

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An English translation of the Abbé Prévost’s 1740 novel The Greek Girl’s Story. Includes foreword by Jean Sgard, notes, and appendices.

Publisher Marketing: With The Greek Girl's Story, Alan Singerman presents the first reliable, stand-alone translation and critical edition of Abbe Prevost's 1740 literary masterpiece Histoire d'une Grecque moderne. The text of this new English translation is based on Singerman's 1990 French edition, which Jonathan Walsh called "arguably the most valuable critical edition" of Prevost's novel to date. This new edition also includes a complete critical apparatus comprising a substantial introduction, notes, appendixes, and bibliography, all significantly updated from the 1990 French edition, taking into account recent scholarship on this work and providing some additional reflection on the question of Orientalism. Prevost's roman a clef is based on a true story involving the French ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1699 to 1711. It is narrated from the ambassador's viewpoint and is a model of subjective, unreliable narration (long before Henry James). It is remarkably modern in its presentation of an enigmatic, ambiguous character, as the truth about the heroine can never be established with certainty. It is the story of the tormented relationship between the diplomat and a beautiful young Greek concubine, Theophe, whom he frees from a pasha's harem. While her benefactor becomes increasingly infatuated with her and bent on becoming her lover, the Greek girl becomes obsessed with the idea of becoming a virtuous and respected woman. Viewing the ambassador as a father figure, she condemns his quasi-incestuous passion and firmly rejects his repeated seduction attempts. Unable to possess the young woman or tolerate the thought that she might grant to someone else what she has refused him, the narrator subjects her behavior to minute scrutiny in an effort to catch her in an indiscretion. His investigations are fruitless, however, and Theophe, the victim of incessant persecution, simply dies, leaving all the questions about her behavior unanswered."

Contributor Bio:  Prevost, Abbe prevost (1697-1763) had an eventful life, including time spent in an english prison for forgery. a solider, priest and protestant convert, he was also a journalist, pamphleteer, transalor of richardson's novels.

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado 15 de setembro de 2014
Data do lançamento original 2015
ISBN13 9780271063928
Editoras Pennsylvania State University Press
Páginas 248
Dimensões 153 × 230 × 20 mm   ·   367 g
Idioma Inglês  
Tradutor Singerman, Alan J. (Davidson College)

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