Before imagination : embodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau /

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"This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, and particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyons, John D., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Cal. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
1500-1799
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Imagination in literature.
Philosophy, French > 16th century.
Philosophy, French > 17th century.
Philosophy, French > 18th century.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Imagination dans la littérature.
Imagination (Philosophie)
Littérature française > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature française > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature française > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Philosophie française > 16e siècle.
Philosophie française > 17e siècle.
Philosophie française > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French literature.
Philosophy, French.
Imagination > Literatur > Französisch > Geschichte 1530-1800 > Aufsatzsammlung.
Imagination > Philosophie > Literatur > Französisch > Geschichte 1530-1800 > Aufsatzsammlung.
Philosophie > Imagination > Literatur > Französisch > Geschichte 1530-1800 > Aufsatzsammlung.
Französisch > Literatur > Imagination > Geschichte 1530-1800 > Aufsatzsammlung.
Französisch > Literatur > Imagination > Philosophie > Geschichte 1530-1800 > Aufsatzsammlung.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The return of stoic imagination
  • 2. Self-cultivation and religious meditation
  • 3. Picturing ourselves in the world : Pascal's Pensées
  • 4. The imagination of loss
  • 5. From imagination to significance : the novel from Scudéry to Lafayette
  • 6. How the ancients modernized imagination.

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