The Classical Model : Literature and Knowledge in Seventeenth-Century France / Harriet Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Harriet, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France.

Local Subjects:

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Stone identifies not only the momentous achievement of the discovery of the scientific method but also the more subtle process of experimentation in literature through which ideas were continually tested and redefined. She offers close readings of works by Rotrou, Corneille, Racine, Moli're, La Rochefoucauld, and Lafayette, as well as by Descartes, Fureti're, and Pascal.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Modeling a Classical Discourse

1. Frame Theory: Foucault, Rotrou, and Corneille

2. Perspectives on Knowledge: Andromaque and Berenice

3. The Play Is the Thing: The Inscrutable Subjects of Moliere, Descartes, and La Rochefoucauld

4. The Refracted Gaze: Zaide and La Princesse de Cleves

5. The Art of Naming: The Taxonomies of Descartes, Furetiere, and Pascal

Conclusion: Final Perspectives

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3898-4

OCLC:

1143806662