1st Edition
Prelude to the Enlightenment French Literature 1690-1740
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1971, Prelude to the Enlightenment is a study of the attitudes of French writers during the transition from the Classical Age to the Enlightenment. Professors Atkinson and Keller investigate the increasing vogue for emotionalism, weeping, and confession and attitudes towards love and morality. On a more intellectual plane, the approaches of authors of the time to literary... Read more
Introduction 1. Personal Emotions 2. Literary Attitudes and Stance 3. The Expression of the Real World 4. Intellectual Horizons Conclusion Bibliography Index
Biography
Geoffroy Atkinson and Abraham C. Keller
