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La Fable au siècle des Lumières 1715-1815 Anthologie des successeurs de La Fontaine, de La Motte à Jauffret

  • Publication type: Book
  • Scientific editor: Pascal (Jean-Noël)
  • Abstract: What remains of the abundant literary production of the eighteenth-century fable writers? The present anthology encompasses the period 1715–1815 and offers a choice of 160 fables from just under thirty Enlightenment fable writers, from Houdar de La Motte to Jauffret, including Richer, Pesselier, Aubert, Dorat, Imbert, and Florian.
  • Number of pages: 261
  • Parution: 03-01-2023
  • Reprint of the edition of: 1991
  • Collection: Reading the Eighteenth Century, n° 3
  • CLIL theme: 3439 -- LITTÉRATURE GÉNÉRALE -- Oeuvres classiques -- Moderne (<1799)
  • EAN: 9782406135562
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-13556-2
  • ISSN: 1158-8748
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13558-6
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 03-01-2023
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Fable, eighteenth century, moral lesson, bestiary, allegory, Jean de La Fontaine, anthology, Antoine Houdar de La Motte