Title Before imagination : embodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau / John D. Lyons

Published Stanford, Cal. : Stanford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 282 pages) 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 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 Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject 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) LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French. French literature Imagination in literature Imagination (Philosophy) Philosophy, French Imagination -- Literatur -- Französisch -- Geschichte 1530-1800 -- Aufsatzsammlung. Imagination -- Philosophie -- Literatur -- Französisch -- Geschichte 1530-1800 -- Aufsatzsammlung. Philosophie -- Imagination -- Literatur -- Französisch -- Geschichte 1530-1800 -- Aufsatzsammlung. Französisch -- Literatur -- Imagination -- Geschichte 1530-1800 -- Aufsatzsammlung. Französisch -- Literatur -- Imagination -- Philosophie -- Geschichte 1530-1800 -- Aufsatzsammlung. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 1423749499 9781423749493 9780804751100 0804751102

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