Esthetique de la langue francaise

La deformation, la metaphore, le cliche, le vers libre, le vers populaire

by Remy de Gourmont, edited by Emmanuelle Kaes

Book cover: Esthetique de la langue francaise

Extent: 254 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Language & Linguistics, Literary Studies

Series: Bibliotheque de litterature du XXe siecle

Series volume number: 16

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(March 2016)

ISBN: 9782812460128

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $41.00

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Hardback (Published)

(March 2016)

ISBN: 9782812460135

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $79.00

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While laying claim to “a quite violent esthetic feeling,” Remy de Gourmont places his Esthetique de la langue francaise (1899) under the patronage of the great names of contemporary linguistics and seeks to “add a new principle to those which guide the study of languages, namely the esthetic principle.”

  • By (author) Remy de Gourmont
  • Edited by Emmanuelle Kaes