Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon

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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Criticism

Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, known as Crébillon fils, was a French novelist and dramatist born in 1707, notable for his exploration of sexuality and social customs in the aristocratic society of 18th-century France. His works reflect the Enlightenment era’s scientific curiosity and cosmopolitanism, often illustrating the complex interplay between sensual pleasure and virtue. Crébillon was particularly interested in the ethics and psychology of his time, as explored through his elegantly immoral tales, such as L'Ecumoire and Le Sopha, which satirized French societal norms using exotic settings, as analyzed by P. L. M. Fein and Thomas R. Vessely.

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