Unacknowledged legislators : the poet as lawgiver in post-revolutionary France : Chateaubriand, Staël, Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny /

Unacknowledged Legislators presents an original and detailed history of the theory and practice of French poetry from 1750 through to the end of the Romantic Period. Focussing on five major writers of the period, it demonstrates how the figure of the poet as lawgiver was central to the theory and pr...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Pearson, Roger
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Unacknowledged Legislators presents an original and detailed history of the theory and practice of French poetry from 1750 through to the end of the Romantic Period. Focussing on five major writers of the period, it demonstrates how the figure of the poet as lawgiver was central to the theory and practice of poetry during this period.
Umfang:
1 online resource (645 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181613-2
0-19-106941-8
Schlagworte:
1700-1899
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