Author: De Ley, Herbert
Title: The Movement of Thought : An Essay on Intellect in Seventeenth-Century France
Description: Urbana, University of Illinois Press, (1985). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xi,165 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Some Models of Intellectual Movement; Two Descriptive Sonnets: Du Bellay's Anet & Ronsard's Saint-Cosme; Two Images of the Thought Process: Montaigne's 'Essais' & Charron's 'De la sagesse'; Two Modes of Thought in ' L'Astrée'; Two Practical Manuals of a Noble Art: Henri de Saint-Didier & Girard Thibault; Two Versions of a Tale of Two Cities: Sché landre's 'Tyr et Sidon'; Two Reflections on Love and Duty: 'Bradamante' & 'Le Cid'; Two Determinations of the Normal to a Curve: Descartes and l' Hospital; Two Modes of Metaphorical Unity: 'L'Innocence descouverte' & 'Phèdre'; Two Fables Attacking Superstition: La Fontaine's 'Astrologue' & ' Animal dans la lune'; Conclusions.

Keywords: Literary History, French Literature, Philosophy, Seventeenth Century, La Fontaine, Montaigne, Charron, Saint-Didier, Du Bellay