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PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-101843845504
ISBN-139781843845508
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Number of Pages253 Pages
Publication NameLogic of Idolatry in Seventeenth-Century French Literature
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedieval, European / French, Poetry
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorEllen Mcclure
SeriesGallica Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2020-276152
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews[W]hat makes McClure's case so compelling emerges in her case studies. [...] There follow sensitive yet game-changing readings of S vign , Moli re, and Racine, with McClure's reading of Ph dre crowning the analysis. One of the subtler qualities of McClure's study is how the readings grow finer as the work advances., [W]hat makes McClure's case so compelling emerges in her case studies. [...] There follow sensitive yet game-changing readings of Sévigné, Molière, and Racine, with McClure's reading of Phèdre crowning the analysis. One of the subtler qualities of McClure's study is how the readings grow finer as the work advances.
Series Volume Number44
Volume Number44
Dewey Decimal840.9004
Table Of ContentNotes on TranslationsIntroduction: The Logic of Idolatry and the Question of CreationChapter One: Idolatry and Instability in Honoré d'Urfé's L'Astrée Chapter Two: Descartes' Meditations as a Solution to IdolatryChapter Three: Idolatry and the Questioning of Mastery in La Fontaine's Fables Chapter Four: Idolatry and the Love of the Creature in Sévigné's LettersChapter Five: Theatrical Idolatry in Molière and RacineConclusion: The End(s) of IdolatryAcknowledgmentsBibliography
SynopsisA sensitive investigation into how French writers, including Descartes and Racine, treated a central preoccupation in early modern writings. Idolatry was one of the dominant and most contentious themes of early modern religious polemics. This book argues that many of the best-known literary and philosophical works of the French seventeenth century were deeply engaged and concerned with the theme. In a series of case studies and close readings, it shows that authors used the logic of idolatry to interrogate the fractured and fragile relationship between the divine and the human, with particular attention to the increasingly fraught question of the legitimacy of human agency. Reading d'Urfé, Descartes, La Fontaine, Sévigné, Molière, and Racine through the lens of idolatry reveals heretofore hidden aspects of their work, all while demonstrating the link between the emergent autonomy of literature and philosophy and the confessional conflicts that dominated the period. In so doing, Professor McClure illustrates how religion can become a source of interpretive complexity, and how this dynamism can and should be taken into account in early modern French studies and beyond., Idolatry was one of the dominant and most contentious themes of early modern religious polemics. This book argues that many of the best-known literary and philosophical works of the French seventeenth century were deeply engaged and concerned with the theme. In a series of case studies and close readings, it shows that authors used the logic of idolatry to interrogate the fractured and fragile relationship between the divine and the human, with particular attention to the increasingly fraught question of the legitimacy of human agency. Reading d'Urf , Descartes, La Fontaine, S vign , Molire, and Racine through the lens of idolatry reveals heretofore hidden aspects of their work, all while demonstrating the link between the emergent autonomy of literature and philosophy and the confessional conflicts that dominated the period. In so doing, Professor McClure illustrates how religion can become a source of interpretive complexity, and how this dynamism can and should be taken into account in early modern French studies and beyond.ELLEN MCCLURE is Associate Professor of History and French, University of Illinois at Chicago., A sensitive investigation into how French writers, including Descartes and Racine, treated a central preoccupation in early modern writings.
LC Classification NumberPQ241.M37 2020
