ISBN: 9789042014497 - The Shape of Change: Essays in Early Modern Literature and La Fontaine in Honor of David Lee Rubin: 223 (faux Titre, 223) (10 results)

Perfect bound. Condition: Very Good. x, 248 pages. Series: Faux titre ; 223. Ex-library, in library perfect binding (paper wrappers rebacked and laminated, contents and wrappers glued together at the spine with a thermal glue), with markings including a label (lined out) at the foot of the spine, library endpapers, a cancellation stamp at the front free endpaper, short annotations in pencil at the verso of the title page and at the recto of the following leaf, remnants of a circulation slip at the rear free endpaper, and a barcode label (lined out) and a cancellation stamp at the rear pastedown. Binding sturdy and fresh; library markings as noted above, else contents fine. 750 grams. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Unread. Over the course of his academic career, David Lee Rubin developed a unique critical methodology, which he applied to his investigations of 17th century French literature. This volume contains 14 essays from former students and colleagues of his. Contributions in the first section consider the ways in which 17th century authors drew upon generic conventions or diverse artistic media to create works that reflect the aesthetic and moral values of their time, while those in the second section focus on Jean de La Fontaine's Les Fables.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In The Shape of Change, Anne L. Birberick and Russell Ganim bring together essays by fourteen established scholars who dedicate their studies to David Rubin as they explore the ways in which artistic endeavor shapes and is shaped by literary memory. The volume is divided into two sections. The first section, 'Continuity and Discontinuity,' offers essays by Jody Enders, Timothy Reiss, Twyla Meding, Marie-Odile Sweetser, Robert Corum, Jr., and the editors themselves and considers the ways in which seventeenth-century authors draw upon generic conventions or diverse artistic media to create works that reflect the aesthetic and moral values of their time. The second section, entitled 'La Fontaine,' focuses primarily on Jean de La Fontaine's masterpiece, Les Fables. Here the problem of imitation and innovation as it relates to genre, influence, and literary reputation is examined in essays by Jules Brody, Richard Danner, Judd Hubert, Catherine Grisé, Michael Vincent, Nicholas Cronk, and Ralph Albanese, Jr. The Shape of Change serves as a fine scholarly contribution to the studies of French seventeenth-century literature and La Fontaine. The essays are thoughtful as well as thought provoking and the volume's critical diversity is nicely balanced by its thematic coherence. In its ability to stimulate new thinking, this collection of essays will be of interest to both students and scholars of early modern France.…

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