The French Miracle and French Civilisation (Classic Reprint): Two Essays - Couverture souple

Victor Giraud

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330842006 ISBN 13 : 9781330842003

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the heart of French civilization and its enduring influence This engaging collection of essays explores how French culture has shaped literature, politics, and the idea of humanity itself.

From the Seventeenth to the Eighteenth Century, the book traces how French writers viewed man, society, and progress. It contrasts French ideals of liberty, grace, and civilization with other traditions, showing how France has influenced world history beyond its borders. Readable and thought-provoking, it connects literary mood with political change and the fight for universal rights.

• Clear explanations of how French literature prioritizes human questions and moral guidance


• Insights into how revolutions in France echoed across Europe and beyond


• Profiles of key thinkers and how their ideas shaped modern society


• Accessible discussion of culture, politics, and the idea of civilization

Ideal for readers attracted to cultural history, comparative literature, and the forces that shape modern Europe.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Victor Giraud, the author of the two essays contained in this volume, was born November 26, 1868, at Macon, France, famous as the birthplace of Lamartine, the kindly, friendly, human author of the Meditations, the vigorous and patriotic exponent of liberalism, the poet-statesman of the Republic of 1848. It was at the Lycee Lamartine in his native town that Victor Giraud spent his youthful years of study preparatory to going to Paris, where he later entered the famous Lycee Henri IV. In the early nineties he was a pupil at the Ecole Normale Superieure, that justly renowned institution on the Rue d Ulm wherein the intellectual elite of each generation is trained under the best of masters as scholars and cultivated men, for their life work as teachers and guides to the youth of the nation in the Lycees and Universities. Here he came under the happy influence of the great Brunetiere who, confronted by a type of criticism too exclusively philological or too minute, maintained the inalienable rights which may be justly claimed by ideas and intelligence. Brunetiere was his master and friend whose secret wish was that some day his pupil might write the history of his thought and writings.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330842006
• ISBN 13: 9781330842003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 103
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