Science and the human comedy : natural philosophy in French literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis /

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New scientific theories, methods, and objectives exert subtle and often unnoticed influences on literary creation. The developments of the attitudes and aspirations of French scientists between the Renaissance and the Revolution and the impact of these new outlooks on French literature form the them...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Harcourt, 1900-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1976.
Colección:University of Toronto romance series ; 30.
Temas:
French literature > History and criticism.
Literature and science.
Literature, Modern > history
Science > history
Littérature française > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et sciences.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French literature
Literature and science
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Pantagruel and health
  • Science and the Pensées of Pascal
  • History, science, and the Journal des sçavans
  • 'Les gens de maintenant'
  • Science and the human comedy: Voltaire
  • Voltaire and British science
  • From London to Lapland and Berlin
  • 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est.'

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