The Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760

by Robert Finch

It has long been the custom to condemn eighteenth-century French poetry outright as generally unworthy of attention. However, in keeping with a recent change of attitude towards this vast and diverse body of literature, Professor Finch here undertakes to isolate a certain group of poets, belonging to the first half of the century, who may appropriately be called individualistes and who are in various ways characteristic of a definite and important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148759853X
• ISBN13: 9781487598532
• Release Date: December 1966
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"