Death and tenses : posthumous presence in early modern France

'Death and Tenses' explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on 16th and early 17th century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous surviv...

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1. Verfasser:
Kenny, Neil
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
'Death and Tenses' explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on 16th and early 17th century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181578-0
Schlagworte:
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism.
Death in literature > Tense.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
French Literature
Romance Literatures
Languages & Literatures
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