Entre premier et dernier regard Camille Laurens et le roman sentimental

The theme of love, notably the question of why lasting love is impossible, is inscribed at the heart of Camille Laurens’ œuvre. She treats the sentimental genre as an intellectual: with irony, erudition, and by drawing on psychoanalysis. Yet she also exploits the traditional popular vein of the sentimental novel through the use of intertexts: tale, crime fiction, song, and cinema.