L'ORIENT DANS LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE AU XVII ET AU XVIII SIECLE

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Basic work on the exotic in French literature during the 17th and 18th centuries. Excellent chapters deal with the current knowledge of the East in mid-17th century, travels, commercial, colonial and political relations, and missionary activities. With a description of the state of oriental studies in France, progress, phases and methods relating to the knowledge of the East.\Detailed analysis of exoticism as manifested in various literary genres such as tragedy, comedy, satire, philosophical works and the novel in particular.\

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