{"product_id":"literary-and-linguistic-theories-in-eighteenth-century-france-from-nuances-to-impertinence-oxford-modern-languages-and-literature-monographs-0198160127","title":"Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From Nuances to Impertinence (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0198160127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nye, Edward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51667161415968,"sku":"NEW0198160127","price":294.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61F9VF0ch4L.jpg?v=1778960870","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/literary-and-linguistic-theories-in-eighteenth-century-france-from-nuances-to-impertinence-oxford-modern-languages-and-literature-monographs-0198160127","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}