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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157840603321

Autore

Patterson Jonathan

Titolo

Representing avarice in Late Renaissance France

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-178722-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

840.71

Soggetti

French literature - History and criticism - 16th century

French literature - History and criticism - 17th century

Avarice in literature

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

French Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Jonathan Patterson outlines the moral vocabulary and concepts used to describe avaricious behaviour in late Renaissance France and innovatively shows how the works of well-known authors engaged in productive dialogue with many of their lesser-known contemporaries on problems of avarice.