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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... poets , contended that they had shrewdly understood the need for poetry to be difficult at the dawn of a complex modern age of ques- tioning and of universal doubt , just as our modern poets must . " The poet must become more and more ...
... poets , contended that they had shrewdly understood the need for poetry to be difficult at the dawn of a complex modern age of ques- tioning and of universal doubt , just as our modern poets must . " The poet must become more and more ...
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... poetry and his ideal for oratory . 3 We may be astonished today at such a definition of poetry , but it presumably filled a need , which Malherbe and some of his contemporaries felt , for a radical new emphasis on correctness of ...
... poetry and his ideal for oratory . 3 We may be astonished today at such a definition of poetry , but it presumably filled a need , which Malherbe and some of his contemporaries felt , for a radical new emphasis on correctness of ...
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... poetry continued to flourish : precious verse , witty verse , verse written by the amateur or honnête homme , verse in archaic forms such as the rondeau and the ballade or even in irregular meters . Vers libres were widely accepted by ...
... poetry continued to flourish : precious verse , witty verse , verse written by the amateur or honnête homme , verse in archaic forms such as the rondeau and the ballade or even in irregular meters . Vers libres were widely accepted by ...
Contents
CommonSense Remarks on the French Baroque | 1 |
Malherbe and His Influence | 20 |
SaintAmant le poète sauvé des eaux | 35 |
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