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Before imagination : embodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau /

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Main Author: Lyons, John D., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Cal. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Imagination in literature.
Philosophy, French > 16th century.
Philosophy, French > 17th century.
Philosophy, French > 18th century.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1423749499
9781423749493
9780804751100
0804751102
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The return of stoic imagination
  • 2. Self-cultivation and religious meditation
  • 3. Picturing ourselves in the world : Pascal's Pensées
  • 4. The imagination of loss
  • 5. From imagination to significance : the novel from Scudéry to Lafayette
  • 6. How the ancients modernized imagination.

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