{"product_id":"two-french-moralists-odette-de-mourgues-9780521142441","title":"Two French Moralists: La Rochefoucauld and La Bruy鑽e","description":"Among seventeenth-century classical French writers La Rochefoucauld owes his renown to his maxims and La Bruy re to his stylised portraits, or caract res. This book starts from the basic assumption that both writers were 'moralists', and as such were concerned with a universal picture of man and society within the limitations of nature and reason. The two moralists are studied separately. Professor de Mourgues stresses their individual characteristics, and the complexity of their views. She draws attention to the problems of literary diction they had to face, and comments on the artistic achievement to be found in the Maximes and the Caract res. This study shows that the position of La Rochefoucauld and la Bruy re as 'moralists' is more ambiguous than the usual neat definitions of the term would allow. This study raises delicate questions of interpretation, and adds equally to the fascination of the two writers' work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Odette de Mourgues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052114244X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521142441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Odette de Mourgues","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119785767167,"sku":"9780521142441","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99007bec-9585-4585-a555-57c9a18b9809.jpg?v=1687410934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-french-moralists-odette-de-mourgues-9780521142441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}