Boileau and the nature of neo-classicism / Gordon Pocock
by Pocock, Gordon
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0521227720
- ISBN 13
- 9780521227728
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 215p ; 23cm. Series; Major European Authors. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography, p 186. Contents; Machine derived contents note: 1. Neo-classicism and Boileau; 2. Life and early works; 3. The harvest of satire; 4. The early Epistles; 5. A reading of L'Art Poe;tique (I); 6. A reading of L'Art Poe;tique (II); 7. The significance of L'Art Poe;tique; 8. Complexity and simplification; 9. Conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Key to translated passages; Index. Subjects; Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas 1636-1711. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Criticism and interpretation. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Studies. Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. 1600-1699. Neoclassicism (Literature). Authors, French 17th century ; Biography. Néoclassicisme (Littérature). Écrivains français 17e siècle Biographies. Authors, French. Poetry in French Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Critical studies.
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- Title
- Boileau and the nature of neo-classicism / Gordon Pocock
- Author
- Pocock, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521227720
- ISBN 13
- 9780521227728
- Publisher
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Uk
- Date Published
- 1980
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