L'Astree [French]

By Maurice Magendie

"L'Astr e" de Maurice Magendie est une tude magistrale consacr e l'un des monuments les plus influents de la litt rature fran aise: le roman pastoral d'Honor d'Urf . travers une analyse minutieuse, Magendie d crypte l'univers complexe du Forez, o se m alent bergers philosophes et nymphes dans une qu ate ternelle de l'amour pur. L'ouvrage explore la gen se de cette "uvre monumentale, soulignant son r le crucial dans la d finition de l'id al courtois et de la politesse mondaine au XVIIe si cle.

En examinant les sources litt raires et les r sonances sociales de la fiction d'Urf , Magendie offre une perspective clairante sur la transition entre l'esth tique de la Renaissance et l' re classique. L' tude traite des th mes de la constance, des tourments du c "ur et de la structure labyrinthique du r cit, qui a captiv des g n rations de lecteurs, de la noblesse de la cour aux crivains du Grand Si cle. Ce travail demeure une pi ce ma (R)tresse de la critique litt raire pour quiconque s'int resse l'histoire du roman et aux racines de la sensibilit fran aise moderne.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1025461673
• ISBN13: 9781025461670
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Tradd Street Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"