Sublime worlds : Early modern French literature / Emma Gilby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilby, Emma, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Criticism and interpretation.

French literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

160 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Legenda, 2006.

Summary:

Some of the language we come across, in reading other peoples' works or listening to others speak, moves us profoundly. It requires a response from us; it occupies and involves us. Writers, always readers and listeners as well, are fascinated by this phenomenon, which became the subject of the classical treatise On the Sublime, traditionally attributed to Longinus. Emma Gilby looks at this compelling and complex text in relation to the work of three major seventeenth-century authors; Pierre Corneille, Blaise Pascal and Nicolas Boileau. She offers, in each case, intimate critical readings which spin out into broad interrogations about knowledge and experience in early modern French literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1904350658

9781904350651

OCLC:

78988461