Marc Fumaroli fue un erudito literario e historiador del arte especializado en la retórica clásica francesa. Su obra profundizó en la interacción entre la literatura, el arte y el poder dentro de la cultura europea, explorando cómo estos modos de expresión se entrelazan y se influyen mutuamente. La meticulosa investigación y la brillante prosa de Fumaroli iluminaron las complejidades de las tradiciones retóricas y su perdurable impacto en el pensamiento estético e intelectual. Fue célebre por su capacidad para dar vida a corrientes intelectuales pasadas, presentándolas con una nueva relevancia para los lectores contemporáneos.
Exploring the life and legacy of La Fontaine, this English translation highlights his status as the greatest French lyric poet of the seventeenth century. Renowned for his fables and Contes, La Fontaine's works continue to resonate, being memorized by generations of French schoolchildren. The book provides a perceptive account of his contributions to literature, showcasing the enduring impact of his storytelling and poetic genius.
A provocative exploration of intellectual exchange across four centuries of European history by a leading French scholar
A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.
Seventeenth-century Frenchman Jean de La Fontaine happily plundered Aesop and other classical writers as a source for his witty, elegant fables, as well as inventing a number of his own. de La Neziere which which charmingly capture La Fontaine's unforgettable cast of animal personalities. schovat popis
Huysmans (1848-1907) fue primero seguidor de Zola, para luego entrar en la corriente espiritual, decandente y refinada, en la que brillo tambien Villiers de L'isle-Adam, su gran amigo. A contrapelo es la gran novela de la ruptura con un Naturalismo ya exhausto. Es la novela de la nueva sensibilidad estetica, inconformista, encarnada en su protagonista, el exquisito y rebelde duque Jean Floressas des Esseintes.
