01863nam a2200301 i 4500 215919 InACL 20260927132435.0 260927s2004 xxu 0 eng d 9780820458427 0820458422 InACL eng rda InACL 848.509 VAN 23 Vanderheyden, Jennifer author The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works / Jennifer Vanderheyden New York : P. Lang, 2004 163 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "In addition to his philosophical works and novels, the eighteenth-century writer Denis Diderot is most often recognized as one of the major authors of the Encyclopedie. Described by scholars as a modern and provocative thinker and writer, Diderot inspired intellectual discussion with his theories of artistic mimesis, in which he placed special emphasis on what is not stated in words, but is conveyed through gestures and other non-verbal forms of communication. This book explores Diderot's representation of the body as a tableau vivant - a literary painting in which the narrator portrays his characters as if suspended in a state of oscillation between paralysis and movement.The Function of the Dream and the Body in Diderot's Works discuses how Diderot's depiction of the body poses problems of interpretation of the serious reader/spectator, who, as in Freudian dream analysis, must gener Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation Dreams in literature Body, Human, in literature Criticism and interpretation Human body in literature French literature, history and criticism, 18th century 632919 632919 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-27 0 848.509 VAN 215919 2026-09-27 13:24:35 2026-09-27 BK