Boileau - narcejac

1775 · 021FR1 — D. F. Changuion Amsterdam: 1775. 1775 Five volumes. Title pages in red and black. Foxed. Handsome engraved illustrations after the designs of the renowned artist Bernard Picart 1673-1733. 12 mo. Worn contemporary full leather bindings. Marbled edges and endpapers. Edited by Claude Brossette 1671-1743 and Charles Hugues Lefebvre de Saint-Marc 1698-1769. Boileau-Despreaux was an extraordinarily influential French literary critic and poet. He was the spokesman of classicism. He drew his principles from his contemporaries especially his friends - Racine Moliere and La Fontaine. His critical precepts are all included here. Revered in the 18th century as a literary lawgiver he was later detested by the romantics. Boileau's own poetic reputation rests on his satires especially Le Lutrin on the clerical world; Satires III and VI on life in Paris; and Satire X on women. He was a zealous polemicist notably embroiled in quarrels with Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin and Perrault. Understanding of Boileau is an essential ingredient in the analysis of the literature of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR3 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Good. D. F. Changuion, Amsterdam: 1775. hardcover