The Love Aesthetics of Maurice Scève |
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| Author:
| Nash, Jerry C. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in French Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-39412-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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This book reassesses the love poetry of Maurice Scève from a phenomenological viewpoint. It calls into question the traditional critical view of Scève as a poet consumed by the anguish and darkness of unrequited love, and frustrated by poetic and erotic quests which lead him nowhere.
This book reassesses the love poetry of Maurice Scève from a phenomenological viewpoint. It calls into question the traditional critical view of Scève as a poet consumed by the anguish and darkness of unrequited love, and frustrated by poetic and erotic quests which lead him nowhere.