Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From Nuances to Impertinence

ISBN-13: 9780198160120 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 264 str.

Edward Nye

Opis

"Linguistic" theories in the eighteenth-century are also theories of literature and art, and it is probably better, therefore, to think of them as "aesthetic" theories. As such, they are answers to the age-old question "what is beauty?," but formulated, also, to respond to contemporary concerns. Edward Nye considers a wide range of authors from these two perspectives and draws the following conclusions: etymology is a theory of poetry, dictionaries of synonymy, prosody and metaphor are theories of preciosity, and Sensualism is a theory of artistic representation.

Recenzje

This is a work of sound scholarship which will be a valuable addition to any university library.

O autorze

Edward Nye is University Lecturer in French, and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford