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X.—Romantic Tendencies in the Novels of the Abbé Prevost
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2020
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The heroes of the novels of the Abbé Prevost present certain emotional states which are generally regarded as characteristic of the romantic school. Since these moods are not commonly supposed to have received literary expression until a later date, it may be worth while to point out the more striking among them. It is interesting to note the anticipation of some of the doctrines of Rousseau, and of the type of romantic rebel represented by Werther, René, and Childe Harold. Most of the following passages are from Cleveland, the novel which offers the greatest interest from this point of view. The others show the same tendencies, but in a less marked degree, and in a form less convenient for citation.
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page 324 note 1 The following article is a summary of a paper presented in a seminary directed by Monsieur Lanson at the Sorbonne. It is a pleasure to thank him for his criticism both of the original study and of this résumé.
page 325 note 1 Cleveland, Londres, 1777, 6 vols, in 12°. The citation is from Vol, III, Livre vii, p. 383.
page 325 note 2 Cleveland, Vol. III, Livre vi, p. 264.
page 325 note 3 Cleveland, Vol. II, Livre iv, p. 202.
page 325 note 4 Cleveland. Vol. I, Livre i, p. 3.
page 326 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. I, Livre i, p. 3.
page 326 note 2 Cleveland, Vol. II, Livre v, p. 421.
page 326 note 3 Cleveland, Vol. I, Livre i, p. 3.
page 327 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. II, Livre iv, p. 159.
page 327 note 2 Cleveland, Vol. II, Livre iii, p. 57.
page 327 note 3 Cleveland, Vol. II, Livre iii, p. 75.
page 327 note 4 Cleveland, Vol. III, Livre v, p. 167.
page 327 note 5 One might compare, for example, Les Lettres Persanes, of Montesquieu, No. 76.
page 328 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. III, Livre v, pp. 171-172.
page 328 note 2 La Nouvelle Héloise, Partie iii, Lettre 21. Tome ix, p. 126, of Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau, Paris, 1826.
page 329 note 1 Le Doyen de Killerine, 4 vols. in 12°, Paris, 1808. The citation is from Vol. I, Livre i, p. 19.
page 329 note 2 Le Doyen de Killerine, Vol. I, Livre i, p. 30.
page 329 note 3 Le Doyen de Killerine, Vol. I, Livre ii, p. 130 ff.
page 330 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. I, Livre i, p. 159. Brunetière's citation differs slightly from the text of the edition of 1777, which we have quoted.
page 330 note 2 Etudes Critiques sur l'Histoire de la Littérature Française, 3e Série, Paris, 1887. The citation is from pp. 218–219. In taking it from the context we have been obliged to change slightly the construction of one of the clauses of Brunetière.
page 330 note 3 Manon Lescaut, Paris, Ernest Bourdin, no date. Citation from p. 84.
page 331 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. VI, Livre xvi, p. 275.
page 332 note 1 Cleveland, Vol. I, Livre i, pp. 126–127.