Studies in Seventeenth-century French LiteratureJean-Jacques Demorest To Morris Bishop, 'honnête homme' and rare example of the gentleman-scholar, this volume is offered as a most cordial expression of admiration and respect. Friends, students, and contributors are privileged to honor the sound elegance of his scholarship, the recognize the fruitful devotion that he has always shown to Cornell, and the hail the earnest charm of his demeanor and style. |
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Page 68
... moral , social , or political life , forces the work to make it fit the pattern . Paul Bénichou writes : Quant au problème moral que l'ensemble de l'oeuvre invite à poser , c'est celui de la concordance possible ou non entre l ...
... moral , social , or political life , forces the work to make it fit the pattern . Paul Bénichou writes : Quant au problème moral que l'ensemble de l'oeuvre invite à poser , c'est celui de la concordance possible ou non entre l ...
Page 173
... moral , and he somehow finds it more convenient to choose as opponent the human race in all its vagueness than to join battle against a specific evil . Although Molière nowhere sug- gests that his misanthrope is a coward , he subtly ...
... moral , and he somehow finds it more convenient to choose as opponent the human race in all its vagueness than to join battle against a specific evil . Although Molière nowhere sug- gests that his misanthrope is a coward , he subtly ...
Page 177
... moral and aesthetic absolutes , than a medieval knight - errant in the Spain of Philip III . Although he persists in dwelling in an imaginary realm , he does not , like Don Quixote or even Mascarille , recreate the world to suit his ...
... moral and aesthetic absolutes , than a medieval knight - errant in the Spain of Philip III . Although he persists in dwelling in an imaginary realm , he does not , like Don Quixote or even Mascarille , recreate the world to suit his ...
Contents
CommonSense Remarks on the French Baroque | 1 |
Malherbe and His Influence | 20 |
SaintAmant le poète sauvé des eaux | 35 |
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