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ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized. [Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press. 19.06.1980.] Hardcover 215 Seiten / p. sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Boileau has traditionally been regarded as the spokesman of French neo-classicism, but recent scholarship has discounted the importance of neo-classical doctrine in general and of Boileau's particular contribution to it. Modern 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 new 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 the traditional view which takes account not only of modern criticism but also of Boileau's commitment to neo-classicism and his embodiment of it in his work. The case is argued in an introductory survey of neo-classical doctrine and a detailed analysis and discussion of L'Art Poetique. -- As an account of Boileau's poetry and its background, and a new synthesis of critical thought about Boileau and his significance, this book ...
ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Hardcover Hardcover with clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned, particularly the spine. Page block is lightly blemished, and spine is slightly cocked. Binding is sound, boards are clean and pages are clear throughout. LW [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1980]
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980. Hardcover with clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned, particularly the spine. Page block is lightly blemished, and spine is slightly cocked. Binding is sound, boards are clean and pages are clear throughout. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used. 1980. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521227720 9780521227728 [GB]
ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Hardcover Hardcover with clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned, particularly the spine. Page block is lightly blemished, and spine is slightly cocked. Binding is sound, boards are clean and pages are clear throughout. LW [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1980]
ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press. 19.06.1980.] Hardcover 215 Seiten / p. sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Boileau has traditionally been regarded as the spokesman of French neo-classicism, but recent scholarship has discounted the importance of neo-classical doctrine in general and of Boileau's particular contribution to it. Modern 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 new 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 the traditional view which takes account not only of modern criticism but also of Boileau's commitment to neo-classicism and his embodiment of it in his work. The case is argued in an introductory survey of neo-classical doctrine and a detailed analysis and discussion of L'Art Poetique. -- As an account of Boileau's poetry and its background, and a new synthesis of critical thought about Boileau and his significance, this book ...
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 215p ; 23cm. Series; Major European Authors. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography, p 186. Contents; Machine derived contents note: 1. Neo-classicism and Boileau; 2. Life and early works; 3. The harvest of satire; 4. The early Epistles; 5. A reading of L'Art Poe;tique (I); 6. A reading of L'Art Poe;tique (II); 7. The significance of L'Art Poe;tique; 8. Complexity and simplification; 9. Conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Key to translated passages; Index. Subjects; Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas 1636-1711. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Criticism and interpretation. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Studies. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. 1600-1699. Neoclassicism (Literature). Authors, French 17th century ; Biography. Néoclassicisme (Littérature). Écrivains français 17e siècle Biographies. Authors, French. Poetry in French Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Critical studies. 1980. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521227720 9780521227728 [IE]
Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 1980. Hardcover. 0521227720 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine (age toning to flaps) dust jacket. ; 215 pages . 1980. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521227720 US
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 0521227720. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (age toning to flaps) dust jacket.; 215 pages.
Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 1980. Hardcover. 0521227720 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine (age toning to flaps) dust jacket. ; 215 pages . 1980. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521227720 9780521227728 [US]
ISBN10: 0521227720, ISBN13: 9780521227728, [publisher: Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge:] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Near fine in a near fine (age toning to flaps) dust jacket. ; 215 pages [Springfield, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1980]
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