Representing avarice in late Renaissance France

Why did people talk so much about avarice in late Renaissance France, nearly a century before Moliere's famous comedy, 'L'Avare'? As wars and economic crises ravaged France on the threshold of modernity, avarice was said to be flourishing as never before. Yet by the late sixteent...

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Main Author: Patterson, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Patterson, Jonathan, Representing Avarice in Late Renaissance France] (2016) (Balserak, Jon)
Edition:1. ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B French language / Literature / Miserliness (Motif) / History 1500-1700
Further subjects:B French Literature History and criticism 17th century
B French Literature 17th century History and criticism
B French Literature History and criticism 16th century
B Avarice in literature
B Thesis
B French Literature 16th century History and criticism