Further Reading
- Birkett, Jennifer, "Dangereuses liaisons: Literary and Political Form in Choderlos de Laclos," Literature and History 8, No. 1 (Spring 1982): 82-94. (Examines the political and social conflict found both in Laclos's fiction and his political activities.)
- Byrne, Patrick, "The Valmont-Merteuil Relationship: Coming to Terms with the Ambiguities of Laclos's Text," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, No. 266 (1989): 373-409. (Proposes an interpretation of the relationship between Valmont and Merteuil.)
- Coward, D. A., "Laclos and the Dénouement of the Liaisons dangereuses," Eighteenth-Century Studies 5, No. 3 (Spring 1972): 431-49. (Discusses the novel's literary importance relative to other French novels of the period and remarks on the thematic meaning of the final letters.)
- Coward, D. A., "Laclos Studies, 1968-82," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, No. 219 (1983): 289-328. (Provides an overview of scholarship on Les Liaisons dangereuses.)
- Jones, Shirley, "Literary and Philosophical Elements in Les Liaisons dangereuses: The Case of Merteuil," French Studies XXXVIII, No. 2 (April 1984): 159-69. (Argues that while there is a strong link between Les Liaisons dangereuses and Laclos's earlier philosophical writings, the novel differs in that it is a piece of literature.)
- Lowrie, Joyce O., "Pretexts and Reflections: A Reflection upon Pre-Texts in Les Liaisons dangereuses," Modern Language Studies XVIII, No. 1 (Winter 1988): 150-64. (Analyzes the novel's structure, arguing that its self-referential symmetry is negated by the plot.)
- Minogue, Valerie, "Les Liaisons dangereuses: A Practical Lesson in the Art of Seduction," The Modern Language Review 67, No. 4 (October 1972): 775-86. (Argues that the impact of the novel lies in the reader's identification with the seducers and their sense of shame at the novel's end.)
- Palka, Keith A., "The Workings of Chance in Les Liaisons dangereuses," Rackham Literary Studies, No. 5 (1974): 47-71. (Examines Laclos's use of chance events and their meaning in the novel.)
- Preston, John, "Les Liaisons dangereuses: Epistolary Narrative and Moral Discovery," French Studies XXIV, No. 1 (January 1970): 23-36. (Analyzes Laclos's use of the epistolary form to convey his moral message.)
- Roussel, Roy, "The Project of Seduction and the Equality of the Sexes in Les Liaisons dangereuses," MLN 96, No. 4 (May 1981): 725-45. (Explores the relationship between seduction and notions of convention in Les Liaisons dangereuses.)
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