Title: Literary and linguistic theories in eighteenth-century France
Description: "'Linguistic' theories in the eighteenth-century are also theories of literature and art, and it is probably better, therefore, to think of them as 'aesthetic' theories. As such, they are answers to the age-old question 'what is beauty?; but formulated, also, to respond to contemporary concerns. Edward Nye considers a wide range of authors from these two perspectives and draws the following conclusions; etymology is a theory of poetry, dictionaries of synonymy, prosody and metaphor are theories of preciosity, and Sensualism is a theory of artistic representation."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Criticism, History, Linguistics, Criticism, france, France, history, 18th century, Literature, Philosophy, French literature, Modern Aesthetics, History and criticism
Places: France
Time periods: 18th century