{"product_id":"9781421434414-adultery-in-the-novel","title":"Adultery in the Novel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContract and Transgression\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1979. Adultery is a dominant feature in chivalric literature; it becomes a major concern in Shakespeare's last plays; and it forms the central plot of novels from \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eCouples\u003c\/i\u003e. Tony Tanner proposes that transgressions of the marriage contract take on a special significance in the \"bourgeois novels\" of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His interpretation begins with the general topic of adultery in literature and then zeroes in on three works—Rousseau's\u003ci\u003e La Nouvelle Héloïse\u003c\/i\u003e, Goethe's \u003ci\u003eDie Wahlverwandtschaften\u003c\/i\u003e, and Flaubert's \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e. His interpretation encompasses the role of women, the structure of the family, social mores, and the history of sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40896916848737,"sku":"9781421434414","price":42.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28047384.jpg?v=1730224659","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781421434414-adultery-in-the-novel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}