Author: MOURGUES, ODETTE DE
Title: Two French moralists : La Rochefoucauld & La Bruyère / [by] Odette de Mourgues
Description: Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press 1978. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin. University of Manchester. Series; Major European authors. Physical description; x. 181 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibl.: p. 178-180. - Index. Contents; Foreword; A note on sources; Part I. La Rochefoucauld: 1. Tentative approaches; 2. Psychological investigations; 3. Ethics; 4. Art; Part II. La Bruyere: 5. The eccentric moralist; 6. Sensibility; 7. Themes and patterns; 8. The civilised man; Postscript: 'the proper study of mankind; Select bibliography; Index of names. Summary; Among seventeenth-century classical French writers La Rochefoucauld owes his renown to his maxims and La Bruyere to his stylised portraits. or caracteres. This book starts from the basic assumption that both writers were 'moralists'. and as such were concerned with a universal picture of man and society within the limitations of nature and reason. The two moralists are studied separately. Professor de Mourgues stresses their individual characteristics. and the complexity of their views. She draws attention to the problems of literary diction they had to face. and comments on the artistic achievement to be found in the Maximes and the Caracteres. This study shows that the position of La Rochefoucauld and la Bruyere as 'moralists' is more ambiguous than the usual neat definitions of the term would allow. This study raises delicate questions of interpretation. and adds equally to the fascination of the two writers' work. Subjects; La Rochefoucauld. François duc de (1613-1680). - Maximes - Criticism and interpretation. La Bruyère. Jean de (1645-1696). - Caractères - Criticism and interpretation. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de (1613-1680). - Maximes. La Bruyère. Jean de. - Caractères. Les. La Bruyère. Jean de - Religion and ethics. La Rochefoucauld. Francois Duc de - Studies. - Maximes. Les. La Bruyere. Jean de - Caractères. Les. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de. - Maximes. Les. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de - Religion and ethics. La Bruyère. Jean de. - Caractères. Les. La Bruyère. Jean de - Religion and ethics. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de (1613-1680) - Religion. La Bruyère. Jean de (1645-1696) - Religion. La Bruyère. Jean de (1645-1696). La Rochefoucauld. François duc de (1613-1680). - Criticism and interpretation. La Rochefoucauld. - Maximes. La Bruyère. Jean de. - Caractères. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de. - Maximes. Les. La Rochefoucauld. François duc de - Religion and ethics. La Bruyère. Jean de (1645-1696). - Caractères. Les. La Bruyère. Jean de (1645-1696) - Criticism and interpretation. Didactic literature. French - History and criticism. Characters and characteristics in literature. Maxims. French - History and criticism. Ethics in literature. French literature - La Bruyère. Jean de - Special themes - Morals. Novels. other prose & writers. La Rochefoucauld. FranAdegreecois.--duc de.--(1613-1680)--Criticism and interpretation. ISBN: 0521218233. Weight in Kg appr.:

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