From Montaigne To Moliere

Author : Arthur Tilley
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ISBN 13 : 9781330673034
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book From Montaigne to Moliere Or the Preparation for the Classical Age, of French Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Arthur Tilley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from From Montaigne to Moliere or the Preparation for the Classical Age, of French Literature The change which came over English poetry between the death of Shakespeare and the appearance of Pope has been traced by Mr Gosse in his well-known volume From Shakespeare to Pope. The similar change from a literature of imagination to a literature of reason which took place in France between the death of Montaigne and the production of Moliere's Les Precieuses Ridicules, or, in other words, the transition from the Renaissance to the Classical Age, is the subject of the following pages. I have not attempted to write a complete history of French literature during this period, but rather to give an account of the various forces, political, religious, social, and literary, which helped to bring about this change. Even in those chapters which deal exclusively with the literary forces, such as those on Malherbe and Corneille, there will be found nothing like a complete critical estimate of the writers. The chapter on the Catholic revival is a sketch, necessarily brief and imperfect, of a large and important subject, which still awaits its historian. The chapter entitled "The Reign of Bad Taste" deals with matters which are still the subject of considerable controversy - namely, the origin of preciosite and the influence of Italy and Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.