The Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart; A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics, and Aesthetic Issues

Saisselin, Remy G.

ISBN 10: 0829501789 / ISBN 13: 9780829501780

Published by Press of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland

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[0-8295-0178-9] 1970. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 308pp. Bibliography. The dust jacket is lightly worn around the edges and there is a previous owner's blindstamp on the front free endpaper. "This volume illuminates some of the assumptions that underlay French art and literature of the Classical period. In form, the Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart is an encyclopedic dictionary. Part One of this volume consists of expository and interpretive essays, arranged alphabetically, on significant critical and aesthetic terms. In Part Two the author discusses the works of such writers as Diderot, Fenelon, Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire, assessing their importance to the development of aesthetic theory". Locale:. (Ideas, Aesthetics, Classicism, Critical Theory, Criticism, Philosophy).

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• Title: The Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart; A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics, and Aesthetic Issues
• Publisher: Press of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
• ISBN 10: 0829501789
• ISBN 13: 9780829501780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics, and Aesthetic Issues.