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Ghost Stories in Late Renaissance France: Walking by Night - Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs Chesters, Timothy (Lecturer in French, Royal Holloway, University of London)
Ghost Stories in Late Renaissance France: Walking by Night - Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
Chesters, Timothy (Lecturer in French, Royal Holloway, University of London)
This book describes the ideological, intellectual, and literary role of ghost stories in late Renaissance France. It takes in prominent literary figures - Rabelais, Ronsard, Montaigne - as well as lesser known tracts and pamphlets to shed new light on the beliefs, fears, and desires of a period on the threshold of modernity.
304 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 2, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199599806 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 298 |
| Dimensions | 144 × 222 × 21 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |