La Modification Butor Chapitre Viii

Pamphlet literature Prose narrative Moral reflection Montaigne Conclusion 3 THE CLASSICAL AGE Writers and Their Public Rewards and favour The status of authors The socialization of literature Taste Preciosity The Précieuses The evolution of taste viii CONTENTS The Elaboration of the Classical Ideal Malherbe The classical doctrine Language The language of classicism Principles and rules Honnêteté The Rise of Rationalism Jesuits and Jansenists The new science The libertins Descartes Pascal Literature