Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From Nuances to Impertinence

by Edward Nye

"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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198160127
• ISBN13: 9780198160120
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"