{"product_id":"ethics-and-politics-in-seventeenthcentury-france-9780859894661","title":"Ethics and Politics in Seventeenthcentury France","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of twenty essays, of which five are in French, written by leading English and French literary and historical scholars, deconstructs the ethical and political framework supporting and circumscribing the actions of a powerful elite in France between the early 1600s and the final years of Louis XIV''s reign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The editors are to be complimented for assembling this international team of scholars, who have explored a theme which is central to the cultural and political history of seventeenth-century France.\" French History Vol. 12, No. 3 1998 \". . .this collection contains much that will interest the historian and the literary scholar.\" (English Historical Review, April 1998)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDerek Watts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eDerek Watts: A Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eContributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part I: The Ethics of Action\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction, Elizabeth Woodrough\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. 'Alternative' Ethical Systems in France during the Grand Siècle, William D. Howarth\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. A Note on Lay Piety in the Early Seventeenth Century, John Cruickshank\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Guez de Balzac: The Enduring Influence of Rome, Margaret McGowan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. L'Image de la Ligue dans les Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, Simone Bertière\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Political Testaments of Richelieu and La Rochefoucauld, Elizabeth Woodrough\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Considérations morales et politiques autour d'Henri II de Montmorency: Une polyphonie discordante, Noémi Hepp\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Medicine and Statecraft in the Mémoires of the Cardinal de Retz, Colin Jones\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. The Fouquet-Colbert Rivalry and the 'Revolution' of 1661, Richard Bonney\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Crescit ut aspicitur: Condé and the Reinterpretation of Heroism, 1650-1662, Mark Bannister\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Love, Marriage and a Disputed Sentence in La Princesse de Clèves, John Campbell\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Marie de Villars: A Political Woman?, Wendy Perkins\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Ascendant et déclinaison de la noblesse française dans le système de Boulainvilliers, Yves Coirault\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Politics of Theatre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Corneille: Ethic and Polis, Henry Phillips\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Sur l'echec des conjurés dans La Mort de Sénèque, Madeleine Bertaud\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Le poids d'une couronne': The Dilemma of Monarchy in La Calprenède's Tragedies, Guy Snaith\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16. African Temptresses and Roman Matrons: Female Roles on the Paris Stage, 1634-1643, David Clarke\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17. How Quinault uses Political Commonplaces, William Brooks\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18. Politics and Tragedy: The Case of the Earl of Essex, C.J. Gossip\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19. 'Je commence à rougir': Shame, Self-Esteem and Guilt in the Presentation of Racine's Hippolyte, Edward Forman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20. L'influence de Louis XIV sur la vie littéraire: pour un bilan critique, Jean Rohou\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359247270231,"sku":"9780859894661","price":71.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-and-politics-in-seventeenthcentury-france-9780859894661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}