This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... But it is with the literary and not with the moral point of view that I am concerned, and, clever though Jean de Meun's work is, as an artistic production it is wholly bad. In the first place he continues the allegorising spirit of his predecessor Guillaume de Lorris. The new personages whom he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... But it is with the literary and not with the moral point of view that I am concerned, and, clever though Jean de Meun's work is, as an artistic production it is wholly bad. In the first place he continues the allegorising spirit of his predecessor Guillaume de Lorris. The new personages whom he introduces on the scene are still pale abstractions instead of living flesh and blood. Faux-Semblant is sometimes compared with Tartuffe, but Faux-Semblant is a mere voice, a mere bundle of ideas and sentiments. Secondly, the superabundance of political allusion, the ostentatious parade of learning, the obvious purpose of the whole work, shew how far the writer was from being possessed by any artistic aim. The work is not a poem but a pamphlet. Thirdly, its very length, and the fatal facility with which it was evidently written, are incontestable signs of an overblown and decaying literature. These three faults, love of allegory, writing with a didactic and not an artistic purpose, and inordinate prolixity, are traceable in nearly the whole literature of the fourteenth century. In Renart le Novel, which appeared in 1288, we have an example of the love of allegory. The didactic and moralising spirit is shewn by such poems as the Metamorphoses d'Ovide moralise'es of Philippe de Vitry, bishop of Meaux, whom Petrarch called 'the sole poet of France' while the same poem, which reaches 71,000 lines, and Benart le Contrefait, the latest addition to the cycle of Reynard, with over 50,000 lines, are instances of the terrible prolixity of the period. The lyric poets of this age are not less voluminous than their brethren. Guillaume de Machault and his pupil Eustache Deschamps have left between them nearly 200,000 verses, while Froissart found time, before...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 12mo. Blue cloth binding. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Stains and fading to front and back boards. Shelf wear and rips to backstrip. Bumped corners. Top page edges discoloured-possibly previously gilded. Front hinge split. Split binding-pages 97 and 111 loose. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Full cloth covers. Covers slightly faded. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Internally tight and clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN:
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