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From barbarism to universality : language and identity in early modern France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coski, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2011]
Subjects:
French language > History.
French language > Middle French, 1300-1600 > Rhetoric.
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
Rhetoric > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Du Bellay's deffence et illustration: the vernacular inferiority complex
  • Montaigne's essais: the baroque mind, language, and being
  • Descartes' discours: the mind/identity complex and human language
  • Vaugelas' remarques: language, quality, and communal identity
  • Condillac's essai: language, analytical method, and identity
  • Rivarol's De l'universalit: French superiority.