
Creative Tensions
Introduction to Seventeenth-century French Literature
Nicholas Hammond(Author)
Bristol Classical Press
Published on 21. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7156-2801-0 (ISBN)
Description
The primary aim of this book is to provide an introduction, principally for students but also for the general reader, to 17th-century French writing. Nicholas Hammond shows in eight vignettes what made this period a golden age of French drama, philosophy, and creativity. He argues that, rather than acting as a stranglehold, the rules of the time propelled artistic creativity to exceptional heights, releasing a sensitivity to language and wit which has not been rivalled since. The book deals in particular with the "Querelles des anciens et modernes", Pascal and the Jesuits, literary forms, gender, transvestism and homosexuality, showing how these contributed to the creative tension of the age.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 137 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7156-2801-0 (9780715628010)
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