The Middle Ages Reconsidered

Attitudes in France from the Eighteenth Century Through the Romantic Movement

Barbara G Keller (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

282 Seiten

1994
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-1415-7 (ISBN)

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Held in low esteem since the Renaissance, scorned by Englightenment authors as incompatible with the theory of progress, the Middle Ages found a place in other French literature of the eighteenth century with its increasing taste for sentimentality and need for moral edification. A metaphor for the Ancien Régime following the Revolution, the medieval period gained perception as le bon vieux temps. As «national» became increasingly synonymous with «medieval» and backlash against the Church led to a new religiosity, Romantic writers greatly exploited a subjective ideal they sought in the Middle Ages. This fascinating study thoroughly explores the reception of the Middle Ages in French literature during these periods.

The Author: Barbara Keller is an associate professor of French at Capital University. She received her M.A. from Miami University and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.1994
Reihe/Serie	Studies in the Humanities ; 11
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
ISBN-10	0-8204-1415-8 / 0820414158
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-1415-7 / 9780820414157
Zustand	Neuware