The puritan and the cynic : moralists and theorists in French and American letters /

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This book offers a comparative reading of the ways in which moral issues surface in French and American literature.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Humphries, Jefferson, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
Temas:
French literature > History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
Literature and morals.
Didactic literature > History and criticism.
Aphorisms and apothegms > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > French and American.
Comparative literature > American and French.
Littérature française > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et morale.
Littérature didactique > Histoire et critique.
Aphorismes et apophtegmes > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Littérature comparée > Française et américaine.
Littérature comparée > Américaine et française.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Aphorisms and apothegms.
Didactic literature.
French literature.
Moralistik
Literatur
Moral
Geschichte
Letterkunde.
Ethiek.
Amerikaans.
Frans.
Frankreich
USA.
Französisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: The Golden Age of Aphorism; The Mad Judge, or Manners without Morals: From La Rochefoucauld's mot juste to Chamfort's mot fou; The World According to Poor Richard; 2 Aphorism and Theology: Blaise Pascal, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the Sorcery of Rhetoric; 3 Aphorism and Literary Epistemology: Maurice Blanchot, Paul de Man, and Marcel Proust; 4 Aphorism and Criticism: Deconstruction and the Commonplace Tradition; 5 Aphorism and Fable: La Fontaine and Joel Chandler Harris; 6 Aphorism and Modern Poetry: The Advent of the Antimaxim; 7 Afterword; Works Cited; Index

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