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Idle pursuits : literature and oisiveté in the French Renaissance

Title
Idle pursuits : literature and oisiveté in the French Renaissance / Virginia Krause.
Author
Krause, Virginia, 1968-
Publication
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, 2003.

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Description
230 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Literature and oisiveté in the French Renaissance
Subject
  • French literature > 16th century > History and criticism
  • Leisure in literature
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996) presented under the title: Studies in idleness in the French Renaissance.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-225) and index.
Contents
Aristocratic idleness : claiming the accursed share -- Work in idleness in the Fourth Estate -- Portrait of an early modern Oiseuse : Les Angoysses douloureuses -- Leisure as commodity : the Amadis serial -- "en pleine oysiveté" : idleness in the Essais.
Call Number
JFE 04-1191
ISBN
0874138353 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2003047392
OCLC
53934427
Author
Krause, Virginia, 1968-
Title
Idle pursuits : literature and oisiveté in the French Renaissance / Virginia Krause.
Imprint
Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, 2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-225) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 04-1191
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