Eavesdropping in the Novel from Austen to Proust (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521038904)

This study investigates human curiosity and its depiction in eavesdropping scenes in nineteenth-century English and French novels. Ann Gaylin sheds light on the social and psychological effects of the nineteenth-century rise of information technology and accelerated flow of information, as manifested in the anxieties about (and delight in) displays of private life and its secrets. She analyzes eavesdropping in Austen, Balzac, Collins, and Proust. This innovative study is of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century English and European literature.

Author: Ann Gaylin
ISBN-10: 0521038901
ISBN-13: 9780521038904
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2007
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d