In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought.
How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question.
In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed
Modern as the style of Pascal’s writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.
The amateur is very rare in French literature – as rare as he is common in our own.
Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in the whole complexion of her
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work.
The old interests of aristocracy – the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war – faded into the background, and their place
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