Julie - Or the New Heloise - Collected Writings of Rousseau - Vol. 6

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This volume presents Julie, or the New Heloise, a Rousseau work framed through letters between two lovers living in a small Alpine town. The introduction situates the novel within mid-eighteenth-century French literary culture, contrasting its pursuit of genuine sentiment with the more Parisian, wit-driven conventions of contemporaries. It also explains Rousseau’s ideological aims, linking the novel’s emotional purity to Swiss landscape, moral will, and broader social and political ideas developed across his writings.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages763

Reading Time19 h 35 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Notes on the Text and Engravings

Julie, or the New Heloise

Preface

Preface of the New Heloise or Conversation about Novels between the Editor and a Man of Letters

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Appendixes

Illustrations

julie, or the new heloise LetterS of two LoVerS who LiVe ina SmaLL town at the foot of the aLPS TRaNsLaTED aND aNNoTaTED BY PHILIP sTEwaRT aND JEaN va CHé Jean-Jacques Rousseau J U LI E , O R T H E N EW H E L O I S E JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU JULIE, OR THE NEW HELOISE LETTERS OF TWO LOVERS WHO LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF ROUSSEAU Vol. 6 TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY PHILIP STEWART AND JEAN VACHÉ ROGER D. MASTERSAND CHRISTOPHER KELLY, SERIES EDITORS DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PRESS HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND HANOVER AND LONDON Dartmouth College Press Published by University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 [www.upne.com](www.upne.com) © 1997 by the Trustees of Dartmouth College All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by areviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to photocopy any of the work for classroom use, or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the material in the work, should contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 CIP data appear atthe end of the book isbns for the paperback edition: isbn-13: 978–0–87451–825–2 isbn-10: 0–87451–825–3 This publication has received supportfrom Pro Helvetia and the Florence Gould Foundation. Contents List of Illustrations vii Introduction ix Note on the Translation xxvii Notes on the Text and Engravings xxxi Julie, or the New Heloise 1 Preface 3 Preface of the New Heloise or Conversation about Novels between the Editor and aMan of Letters 5 Part One 25 Part Two 155 Part Three 252 Part Four 327 Part Five 429 Part Six 523 Appendixes I. The Loves of Milord Edward Bomston 613 II. Subjects of the Engravings 621 III. Narrative Chronology 629 IV. Glossary 631 V. Table of the Letters and Their Contents 634 VI. Bibliography 649 Editions in French 649 Editions in English 650 Studies in English 650 Editors’Notes 653 Index 725 Illustrations Original half-title ofJulie xxiii Original title pages ofJulie xxv Map of the Vaud Country and surrounding Region 23 1. Love’s Wrst kiss 53 2. The heroism of valor 134 3. Ah, young Man! to your Benefactor! 179 4. Shame and remorse avenge love profaned 243 5. The inoculation of love 273 6. Paternal force 287 7. The conWdence of beautiful souls 346 8. Monuments of bygone love 426 9. Morning in the English manner 458 10. Whither wilst thou Xee? The Phantom is in thine heart 504 11. Claire, Claire! Children sing at night when they are afraid 528 12. [Untitled] 605 Introduction After the tragic passions that characterized the novels of Mme de Lafayette in the late seventeenth century and Antoine Prévost in the 1730s and 1740s, many of the most prominent works in France by the mid-eighteenth century were quintessentially Parisian, featuring wit and elegance. In them love typically took the form of successive, often furtive aVairs. Rousseau’s novel, unlike those of much-read contemporaries such as Marivaux, Duclos, and Crébillon, had its source in an intense need for genuine sentiment and a profound conviction that there exist natural values yet uncorrupted in some remote places. Sentiment was already the newest vogue in the theatre, with the success ofcomédie larmoyante (tearful comedy) in the 1740s, soon leading to “serious comedy” or “bourgeois tragedy” in the late 1750s; but Rousseau had no conWdence in the eYcacy of a brief spate of superWcial emotion produced in such an artiWcial and morally compromised place as the theatre: this he makes quite clear in the Letter to M. d’Alembe

FAQs

What is the central premise of Julie, or the New Heloise?

It follows letters between two lovers who live in a small town at the foot of the Alps, developing their relationship through successive exchanges.

How does the introduction position Rousseau’s novel among eighteenth-century French works?

It contrasts Rousseau’s focus on genuine sentiment and natural values with more Parisian traditions centered on wit, elegance, and successive furtive affairs.

What role does sentiment and moral conviction play in the novel’s development?

The text emphasizes that Rousseau’s approach is ideological and rooted in love and emotion, connecting moral virtue to will and to the purity symbolized by the Swiss setting.

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