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Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From Nuances to Impertinence (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)
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ISBN: 0198160127
Author: Nye, Edward
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"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.
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Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From Nuances to Impertinence (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)