LEADER 04173nam 22007454a 450 001 9910450468003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-6757-2 010 $a1-4237-4949-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804767576 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246594 035 $a(OCoLC)191935565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10110296 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109711 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11125169 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109711 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10046849 035 $a(PQKB)10595933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037516 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037516 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10110296 035 $a(OCoLC)63188469 035 $a(DE-B1597)582023 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804767576 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246594 100 $a20050202d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore imagination$b[electronic resource] $eembodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau /$fJohn D. Lyons 210 $aStanford, Cal. $cStanford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8047-5110-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-278) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tOne. The Return of Stoic Imagination -- $tTwo. Self-Cultivation and Religious Meditation -- $tThree. Picturing Ourselves in the World: Pascal?s Pens´ees -- $tFour. The Imagination of Loss -- $tFive. From Imagination to Significance: The Novel from Scudéry to Lafayette -- $tSix. How the Ancients Modernized Imagination -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes preface -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aBefore imagination became the transcendent and creative faculty promoted by the Romantics, it was for something quite different. Not reserved to a privileged few, imagination was instead considered a universal ability that each person could direct in practical ways. To imagine something meant to form in the mind a replica of a thing?its taste, its sound, and other physical attributes. At the end of the Renaissance, there was a movement to encourage individuals to develop their ability to imagine vividly. Within their private mental space, a space of embodied, sensual thought, they could meditate, pray, or philosophize. Gradually, confidence in the self-directed imagination fell out of favor and was replaced by the belief that the few?an elite of writers and teachers?should control the imagination of the many. This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) through the writings of such figures as Descartes, Montaigne, François de Sales, Pascal, the Marquise de Sévigné, Madame de Lafayette, and Fénelon. 606 $aFrench literature$y16th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench literature$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFrench literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aImagination in literature 606 $aPhilosophy, French$y16th century 606 $aPhilosophy, French$y17th century 606 $aPhilosophy, French$y18th century 606 $aImagination (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aImagination in literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy, French 615 0$aPhilosophy, French 615 0$aPhilosophy, French 615 0$aImagination (Philosophy) 676 $a840.9/384 700 $aLyons$b John D.$f1946-$0859009 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450468003321 996 $aBefore imagination$91917192 997 $aUNINA