{"product_id":"taste-and-ideology-in-seventeenth-century-france-paperback","title":"Taste and Ideology in Seventeenth-Century France - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Moriarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses the use of the crucial concept of 'taste' in the works of five major seventeenth-century French authors, M r , Saint Evremond, La Rochefoucauld, La Bruy re and Boileau. It combines close readings of important texts with a thoroughgoing political analysis of seventeenth-century French society in terms of class and gender. Dr Moriarty shows that far from being timeless and universal, the term 'taste' is culture-specific, shifting according to the needs of a writer and his social group. The notion of 'taste' not only helped to shape a new dominant culture, but also registered the conflicts within that culture between a view of taste that presupposted the values of 'polite society' as an exclusive (though not necessarily aristocratic) group, and a view that stressed the value of the classical-humanist tradition as a source of standards ratified by a broader public. this study sheds light not only on the central concept, but also on the individual authors discussed and on the norms of French classical literature in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133399601287,"sku":"9780521113366","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d5f8601899f16184975b24bc13d5936c.webp?v=1732634031","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/taste-and-ideology-in-seventeenth-century-france-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}