Rabelais Abbaye De Thélème Chapitre 52

rise of French Chronicle, epic, romance Fiction Rabelais The Generation of the Pléiade The defence of the language Royal intervention Standardization The role of translation Which French? The new poetics and the Pléiade The Défense et illustration The Pléiade Its aesthetic The hierarchy of genres Its themes Love and the court Nature The impact of the Pléiade 32 32 34 34 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 47 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 54 54 54 55 55 56 56 57 CONTENTS vii 57