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

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Clarendon Press (2000)
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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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Condillac's Idea of ‘Nature’

Condillac is rarely given the credit he deserves for the range of his interests, with the result that his recurring subject of inquiry is often overlooked. Condillac finds that an unavoidable issue in his recurring interest in the representation of ideas is artistic imitation, and this bec... see more

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