Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas
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Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas is an 18th-century French libertine novel by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, known for its adventurous, erotic plot and its influence on later romantic and sentimental literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
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libertine novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pre-Revolutionary French society ⓘ |
| author | Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Chevalier de Faublas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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erotic fiction ⓘ libertine literature ⓘ sentimental novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | multi-volume narrative ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
critique of social conventions
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exploration of desire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
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aristocratic society ⓘ eroticism ⓘ gender roles ⓘ libertinism ⓘ romantic love ⓘ sentimentality ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century romantic literature
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later French erotic fiction ⓘ sentimental literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century French literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
epistolary and memoir-like form
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picaresque elements ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French libertine tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Chevalier de Faublas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | French Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adventurous plot
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depiction of libertine morals ⓘ erotic content ⓘ influence on romantic and sentimental fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| setting | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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