Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on References ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Vauban’s Fortresses and the Defense of French Classicism 20
7. II. La Fontaine’s Crafty Parable: The Pedagogical Trap 76
8. III. The Oblique Way: Defensive Swerves 96
9. IV. Julie and Emile: “Studia la Matematica” 112
10. V. Les Liaisons dangereuses: Writing under the Other’s Name 191
11. VI. Inside the Sadean Fortress: Les no Journées de Sodome 263
12. VII. Under the Walls of the Fortress of Classicism 327
13. Index 347
14. Backmatter 356