ebook img

The Classical Heritage in France PDF

599 Pages·2002·31.227 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview The Classical Heritage in France

Description:
Written by 18 specialists, this text deals with the reception of Greek and Latin culture in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is intended for those interested in classical influences on French belles-lettres and visual arts. There are comprehensive surveys on topics as diverse as the role of French travellers to classical lands in transforming perceptible reality into narrative textuality, Jacques Amyot's contribution to the reinvention of the novel in the West and the influence of ancient law in France. Major literary genres, philosophy, major writers, early French humanists and Hellenists and the visual arts all receive detailed treatment.
See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.