Deceit, Desire, and the Novel Douban Goodreads
author:
René Girard
translator:
Freccero, Yvonne
publishing house:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
1976
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other title:
Deceit, Desire and the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure
This study extends beyond the scope of literature into the psychology of much of our contemporary scene, including fashion, advertising, and propaganda techniques. In considering such aspects, the author goes beyond the domain of pure aesthetics and offers an interpretation of some basic cultural problems of our time.