Salvator Rosa in French Literature - From the Bizarre to the Sublime

Informationen zum Autor James S. Patty , professor emeritus of French at Vanderbilt University, is the author of Dürer in French Letters . Klappentext Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) was colorful and controversial Italian painter, a talented musician, a notable comic actor, a prolific correspondent, and a successful satirist and poet. His paintings, especially his rugged landscapes and their evocation of the sublime, appealed to Romantic writers, and his work was highly influential on several generations of European writers. James S. Patty analyzes Rosa's tremendous influence on French writers, chiefly those of the nineteenth century, such as Stendhal, Honore d Zusammenfassung Arranged in chronological order! with numerous quotations from French fiction! poetry! drama! art criticism! art history! literary history! and reference works! Salvator Rosa in French Literature forms a narrative account of the reception of Rosa's life and work in the world of French letters.

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James S. Patty, professor emeritus of French at Vanderbilt University, is the author of Dürer in French Letters.

Product details

• Authors: James S Patty, James S. Patty
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2005
• EAN: 9780813123301
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-2330-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Romance Languages; Studies in Romance Languages;
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Französisch, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literature - Classics / Criticism