Author: Nablow, Ralph A.
Title: The Addisonian Tradition in France. Passion & Objectivity in Social Observation
Description: Rutherford, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. (1990). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, 278 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing,slight page-edge soil,small dustwrapper tear,VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Passion, Dispassion & Objectivity: La Bruyere & Saint-Simon; Addison & his Observational Method; Some 18th-Century French Imitators of Addison's 'Spectator': Marivaux, Le Blanc, Rutlidge; Travel Literature, the Theater, & Narrative Writing: Cesar de Saussure, Montesquieu, Prevost, Restif de la Bretonne; Louis Sebastien Mercier's ' Tableau de Paris'; Etienne de Juoy's 'L'Hermite de la Chausee d'Antin'; Conclusion; Appendix: Original Versions of Passages Cited in Translation.

Keywords: French Prose Literature, France, Journalism, Social History, Literary Criticism, Joseph Addison, Essays, ,