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Une somme, désormais incontournable, sur l?un des plus grands écrivains de notre littérature, par la forme autant que par le contenu, un homme dont l?oeuvre exceptionnelle marque la limite entre deux mondes, le monde ancien qui s?arrête à la Révolution française, et le monde moderne qui commence avec l?Empire.
Une très belle langue littéraire, riche en formules, en nuances, parfaitement classique aussi, indemne de toute cuistrerie sémio-linguistique, qui fait de la lecture de ce livre d?analyse historique et critique un plaisir en soi. Une substance de premier ordre, car rien n?y est répétition des devanciers, tout est apport personnel, à partir de textes pris à la source et admirablement cités.
Une domination souveraine du sujet.
Une très belle langue littéraire, riche en formules, en nuances, parfaitement classique aussi, indemne de toute cuistrerie sémio-linguistique, qui fait de la lecture de ce livre d?analyse historique et critique un plaisir en soi. Une substance de premier ordre, car rien n?y est répétition des devanciers, tout est apport personnel, à partir de textes pris à la source et admirablement cités.
Une domination souveraine du sujet.
799 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Marc Fumaroli
101 books13 followersMarc Fumaroli was a scholar of French classical rhetoric and art. He is acknowledged for the revival of Rhetoric as field of study of European culture, in a sharp move away from both structuralism and post-modernism.
He was born in metropolitan France, in Marseille, but he grew up in the Moroccan city of Fez. He was educated at the university of Aix-Marseille and at the Sorbonne. He began his academic career in Lille but continued it it Paris. Following his appointment to a chair in Seventeenth Century Studies at the Sorbonne, he was elected to a chair in Rhetoric and Society in Europe (16th and 17th century) at the Collège de France. He held it from 1986 until mandatory retirement in 2002, and then became an emeritus professor.
He was a member of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Société d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and the Académie Française. Before being elected a member in 1995, Fumaroli received from the Académie Française the Monseigneur Marcel Prize in 1982 and the Critique Prize in 1992. He was promoted to the title of commander of the French Legion of Honor in 2008, after previously being named chevalier in 1993 and officer in 2002.
After his death on 24 June 2020, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron praised Fumaroli as one of the country's greatest ever storytellers and historians.
He was born in metropolitan France, in Marseille, but he grew up in the Moroccan city of Fez. He was educated at the university of Aix-Marseille and at the Sorbonne. He began his academic career in Lille but continued it it Paris. Following his appointment to a chair in Seventeenth Century Studies at the Sorbonne, he was elected to a chair in Rhetoric and Society in Europe (16th and 17th century) at the Collège de France. He held it from 1986 until mandatory retirement in 2002, and then became an emeritus professor.
He was a member of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Société d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and the Académie Française. Before being elected a member in 1995, Fumaroli received from the Académie Française the Monseigneur Marcel Prize in 1982 and the Critique Prize in 1992. He was promoted to the title of commander of the French Legion of Honor in 2008, after previously being named chevalier in 1993 and officer in 2002.
After his death on 24 June 2020, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron praised Fumaroli as one of the country's greatest ever storytellers and historians.
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