PT Journal
AU Turekova, A
TI The dilemma between love and virtue and the feminine claim in Mme Riccoboni's Lettres d'Adelaide de Dammartin
SO Romanica Olomucensia
PY 2015
BP 281
EP 290
VL 27
IS 2
DI 10.5507/ro.2015.023
DE women's novel of the 18th century; Mme Riccoboni; love; virtue; marriage.
AB This paper proposes an analysis of Mme Riccoboni's Lettres d'Adelaide de Dammartin by connecting this novel to two particular works to which it deliberately refers, namely La Princesse de Cleves by Mme de Lafayette and the Memoires du comte de Comminge by Mme de Tencin. The analysis is then oriented towards the problem of the heroine's internal dilemma between love and virtue, which is enriched by Mme Riccoboni with considerations on the status of women and particularly on the issue of marriage.
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