De Molière en Marivaux La mère et les amours, femmes entre elles

With its familial and libidinal configuration, Tartuffe is a key intertext in La Vie de Marianne. This study reads the novel as an exploration of forms of love which do not fit into traditional categories. The bonds of attachment between Marianne and Madame de Miran exemplify an underlying representation of love situated at the margins of literary and social norms.