Les Amours romanesques de la fin des guerres de religion au temps de L'Astree (1585-1628): Fictions narratives et representations culturelles

The end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century saw the unprecedented rise of the romance novel. Based on the study of a vast corpus, this critical survey describes the complex physiognomy of this literature, shedding light on its active role in the evolution of sensibilities and mores.