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Excerpt from French Prose Of The XVII Century: Selected And Edited With An Introduction And NotesPascali was a mathematician also, and, like Descartes and Montaigne, his study was the study of man. But his interest did not lie in the demonstration of man's existence, nor in noting man's ways and manners. His gaze was bent on the soul rather than the mind, and it was to the problem of the soul's salvation that he applied his energies. For mathe...

Excerpt from French Prose of the XVII Century: Selected and Edited With an Introduction and NotesFrench prose of the seventeenth century, like French poetry and drama of the same epoch, is the ofi'spring of the Renais sance. In the prose of society, such as fiction and letters, which take much of their matter from abroad, the parentage is evident. It is not so clear in the more philosophical lines, which we are to consider, where the material ...

Excerpt from French Prose of the XVII Century: Selected and Edited With an Introduction and NotesFrench prose of the seventeenth century, like French poetry and drama of the same epoch, is the ofi'spring of the Renais sance. In the prose of society, such as fiction and letters, which take much of their matter from abroad, the parentage is evident. It is not so clear in the more philosophical lines, which we are to consider, where the material ...

Excerpt from A History of the Novel, Previous to the Seventeenth CenturyThe Homeric epic. Hellenistic literature. The Nimrod fragment. Aristocratic in tone. Its likeness to Amadz's of Gaul. Its author a Sophist. The Alexandrian rhetoricians. Political, intellectual, and social changes. The later Greek novel, plebeian in sentiment. Narrative of Antonius Diogenes. Is itaparody?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...

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Excerpt from Molière's Le Bourgeois GentilhommeBy this skilful handling of his subject, Moliere not only made the entertainment one connected whole, but he also observed the rules of dramatic art which were prevalent in his day. The fortunes Of M. Jourdain secured unity of action. The close sequence Of dialogue and dance brought about the unities of time and place as well. The place is one and the same room in M. Jourdain's house. The time is ...

Excerpt from Ten Frenchmen of the Nineteenth CenturyThe achievements of the nineteenth century were the carrying out of the ideas of the eighteenth. Before the French Revolution men theorized, after it they employed themselves in turning the theories into facts. Science left the study for the shop, steam and electricity were put to practical uses, chemistry became a handmaid to industry, while physiology created medicine anew. Likewise in publ...

Excerpt from A Primer of French LiteratureThe drama is best maintained in the wealthy communes Of Picardy and Flanders.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperf...

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