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Tracing the path of the absent interlocutor, Les Fantômes du roman épistolaire d’Ancien Régime demonstrates that the apparent one-sided structure of the monophonic epistolary novels is in fact a uniquely crafted dialogical structure founded on explicit and implicit references to the seemingly silent and absent writer. Through an analysis of both direct and indirect references to what can be considered the ghostly writer, Isabelle Tremblay reconstructs his virtual presence, thereby revealing him as a full-fledged character.
Tracing the path of the absent interlocutor, Les Fantômes du roman épistolaire d’Ancien Régime demonstrates that the apparent one-sided structure of the monophonic epistolary novels is in fact a uniquely crafted dialogical structure founded on explicit and implicit references to the seemingly silent and absent writer. Through an analysis of both direct and indirect references to what can be considered the ghostly writer, Isabelle Tremblay reconstructs his virtual presence, thereby revealing him as a full-fledged character.