Pascal's Lettres provinciales : a study in polemic

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Pascal's Lettres provinciales : a study in polemic

Richard Parish

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1989

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This is the first comprehensive study to appear in English of the controversial Lettres Provinciales (1656-7), Pascal's major polemical work against the Society of Jesus. The author approaches the text from two related angles. He analyses in detail the substance and structure of the letters themselves, a process which casts light on the nature of polemic as a literary genre. Adducing much material not easily accessible to scholarship, he examines the (mainly) Jesuit counter-polemic, thereby setting the Provinciales in the context of a broader polemical exchange. Finally, the author explores the links between the Provinciales and Pascal's Pens 'ees , demonstrating a closer connection between the two works than is generally recognized, and offering some insight into the relationship between polemics and apologetics. This book is intended for all students of Pascal, of Jansenism and the Jesuits, and of French thought in the seventeenth century.

目次

  • The opening letters - themes and tactics
  • "question(s) de fait" and "question(s) de droit"
  • "dramatis personae"
  • arenas of debate and readerships
  • the counter-polemic - defence and attack
  • "provinciales" and "pensees" - ideology and pragmatism
  • "provinciales" and "pensees" - simplicity and complexity
  • the terms of confrontation
  • persona and motive
  • letters XII-XVI
  • the later "reponses"
  • letters XVII and XVIII - closure and continuity.

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