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
Summary
"This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, and particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) through the writings of such figures as Descartes, Montaigne, Francois de Sales, Pascal, the Marquise de Sevigne, Madame de Lafayette, and Fenelon."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index
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