La Conquete Du for Prive: Recit De Soi Et Prison Heureuse Au Siecle Des Lumieres

This book studies how the memoir genre changed during the eighteenth century in light of the structural model of the happy prison. It analyzes the discourse surrounding beneficial incarceration in the works of Madame de Staal-Delaunay, Marmontel, Abbe Morellet, and Madame Roland.