Ethics and politics in seventeenth century France. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Keith Cameron, Elizabeth Woodrough ; contributions by Mark Bannister [and twenty others].
• Editors: Cameron, Keith; Woodrough, Elizabeth
• Contents: ; Derek Watts ; ; Derek Watts: A Bibliography ; ; Contributors ; ; Part I: The Ethics of Action; ; Introduction, Elizabeth Woodrough; ; 1. 'Alternative' Ethical Systems in France during the Grand Siècle, William D. Howarth; ; 2. A Note on Lay Piety in the Early Seventeenth Century, John Cruickshank; ; 3. Guez de Balzac: The Enduring Influence of Rome, Margaret McGowan; ; 4. L'Image de la Ligue dans les Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, Simone Bertière; ; 5. The Political Testaments of Richelieu and La Rochefoucauld, Elizabeth Woodrough; ; 6. Considérations morales et politiques autour d'Henri II de Montmorency: Une polyphonie discordante, Noémi Hepp; ; 7. Medicine and Statecraft in the Mémoires of the Cardinal de Retz, Colin Jones; ; 8. The Fouquet-Colbert Rivalry and the 'Revolution' of 1661, Richard Bonney; ; 9. Crescit ut aspicitur: Condé and the Reinterpretation of Heroism, 1650-1662, Mark Bannister; ; 10. Love, Marriage and a Disputed Sentence in La Princesse de Clèves, John Campbell; ; 11. Marie de Villars: A Political Woman?, Wendy Perkins; ; 12. Ascendant et déclinaison de la noblesse française dans le système de Boulainvilliers, Yves Coirault; ; Part II: The Politics of Theatre ; ; 13. Corneille: Ethic and Polis, Henry Phillips; ; 14. Sur l'echec des conjurés dans La Mort de Sénèque, Madeleine Bertaud; ; 15. 'Le poids d'une couronne': The Dilemma of Monarchy in La Calprenède's Tragedies, Guy Snaith; ; 16. African Temptresses and Roman Matrons: Female Roles on the Paris Stage, 1634-1643, David Clarke; ; 17. How Quinault uses Political Commonplaces, William Brooks; ; 18. Politics and Tragedy: The Case of the Earl of Essex, C.J. Gossip; ; 19. 'Je commence à rougir': Shame, Self-Esteem and Guilt in the Presentation of Racine's Hippolyte, Edward Forman; ; 20. L'influence de Louis XIV sur la vie littéraire: pour un bilan critique, Jean Rohou; ; Index ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Exeter : University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 172.20944; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; HISTORY / Europe / General; HISTORY / Renaissance; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; European history; Ethics & moral philosophy; France -- Moral conditions -- History -- 17th century; France -- Politics and government -- 17th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780859899123
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