Ethics and Politics in Seventeenth Century France. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Cameron, Elizabeth Woodrough, Mark Bannister, Madeline Bertaud, Simone Bertière, Richard Bonney, William Brooks, Keith Cameron, John Campbell, David Clarke, Yves Coirault, John Cruickshank, Edward Forman, C. J. Gossip, Noémi Hepp, William D. Howarth, Colin Jones, Margaret McGowan, Wendy Perkins, Henry Phillips, Jean Rohou, Guy Snaith, Elizabeth Woodrough.
• Editors: Cameron, Keith; Woodrough, Elizabeth
• Other Names: Bannister, Mark contributor.; Bertaud, Madeline contributor.; Bertière, Simone contributor.; Bonney, Richard contributor.; Brooks, William contributor.; Cameron, Keith contributor.; Campbell, John contributor.; Clarke, David contributor.; Coirault, Yves contributor.; Cruickshank, John contributor.; Forman, Edward contributor.; Gossip, C. J contributor.; Hepp, Noémi contributor.; Howarth, William D contributor.; Jones, Colin contributor.; McGowan, Margaret contributor.; Perkins, Wendy contributor.; Phillips, Henry contributor.; Rohou, Jean contributor.; Snaith, Guy contributor.; Woodrough, Elizabeth contributor.
• 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
• Publisher Details: Exeter : University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Ethics & moral philosophy; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780859899123; 0859899128
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