Boileau and the Nature of Neoclassicism - Couverture rigide

Pocock, Gordon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521227720 ISBN 13 : 9780521227728

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

An analysis of Boileau's commitment to French neo-classicism and the embodiment of it in his work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Boileau has traditionally been regarded as the spokesman of French neo-classicism, but some elements of scholarship have discounted the importance of neo-classical doctrine in general and of Boileau's particular contribution to it. Many critical approaches have stressed instead the liveliness and wit of Boileau's poems, his love of language and his passionate temperament. Mr Pocock uses these critical approaches to demonstrate in detail how Boileau's verve, love of contrasts, and essentially dramatic imagination animate the major poems. But he also argues that such approaches do not in themselves suffice to explain Boileau's special qualities. Neo-classicism was an important element in the intellectual life of Europe in the most critical period of the decline of Christianity and the rise of rationalism and science. Mr Pocock proposes a reformulation of those views which take account not only of modern criticism but also of Boileau's commitment to neo-classicism and his embodiment of it in his work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1980
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521227720
• ISBN 13: 9780521227728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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