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Page 58
... moral les- son . Opponents of this viewpoint held that fiction was rarely morally edifying , and that more instruction was to be gained from literature based on historical events . Sensitive to such views , and anxious to avoid the ...
... moral les- son . Opponents of this viewpoint held that fiction was rarely morally edifying , and that more instruction was to be gained from literature based on historical events . Sensitive to such views , and anxious to avoid the ...
Page 106
... moral reflections on power and wealth . Only when he has indulged himself in these does the spectateur return to his original point - with what seems like a parody of philosophical language : Je conclus donc du plus au moins , en ...
... moral reflections on power and wealth . Only when he has indulged himself in these does the spectateur return to his original point - with what seems like a parody of philosophical language : Je conclus donc du plus au moins , en ...
Page 110
... morality in which politeness and elegance are reconciled with Christian virtues and middle - class values . The style and ... moral values are certainly sociable ones , and if his spectateur is a " misanthrope , " it is not out of ...
... morality in which politeness and elegance are reconciled with Christian virtues and middle - class values . The style and ... moral values are certainly sociable ones , and if his spectateur is a " misanthrope , " it is not out of ...
Contents
JOHN PORTER HOUSTON | 25 |
PHYLLIS K LEFFLER AND ELIZABETH M TILTON | 57 |
ROGER DUCHENE | 75 |
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