10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSIFLEUR»
Discover the use of
persifleur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
persifleur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
... “express the action of making a fool of someone by making him say naïve
things.” Féraud then quotes L'Année littéraire: “The character of the persifleur is a
variation of that of the mocker and of the mean-spirited and has elements of both.
2
Learning from Lying: Paradoxes of the Literary Mystification
Rousseau also wrote a short text called Le Persifleur (1749, published
posthumously in 1 781 ) . For a time, Rousseau, Condillac, and Diderot
entertained the idea of publishing a periodical together. In Le Persifleur,
Rousseau outlines his plan ...
Julia Luisa Abramson, 2005
3
The literary character. Character of James the First
tion, lived entirely devoted to literary pursuits, and their habits were strictly literary
. It happened once that this learned pair dropped unexpectedly into a fashionable
circle in the ch&teau of a French nobleman. A Madame de Stael, the persifleur ...
4
The works of Isaac Disraeli (ed. by B. Disraeli).
A Madame de Stael, the persifleur in office of Madame Du Deffand, has copiously
narrated the whole affair. They arrived at midnight like two famished spectres,
and there was some trouble to put them to supper and bed. They are called ...
Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield), 1859
5
Miscellanies of literature
A Madame de Stael, the persifleur in office of Madame Du Deffand, has copiously
narrated the whole affair. They arrived at midnight, like two famished spectres,
and there was some trouble to put them to supper and bed. They are called ...
6
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
... no English term in which to embody the “ persifleur " of the Parisians ; and the
deficiency is the more to be lamented that, although “ We have not got the word,
we have the thing," in all the efllorescence of its odiousness. ~ Nothing can be ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1832
7
Literary Fortifications: Rousseau, Laclos, Sade
According to the law, if not precisely of the jungle, at least of “ces bois,” by
helping us avoid La Fontaine's persiflage, Rousseau must surely be making us
victims of his own persiflage, must be at last the persifleur of his youthful ambition
.
8
Jean-Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques ...
Refusing to write for the frivolous Persifleur, he refused also to contribute to
Diderot's more serious enterprises. His development of Locke's ideas was closer
to the work of the Irish Christian philosopher Berkeley than to that of the French ...
... Grimm.27 Le Persifleur has caused excitement and raised eyebrows because
it says something that diderot's masterpiece Le Neveu de Rameau (Rameau's
Nephew) cites without reference or acknowledgment: in the Persifleur self-portrait
, ...
Christie McDonald, Stanley Hoffmann, 2010
10
The Comedie Francaise, 1701-1774: Plays, Actors, Spectators, ...
23 Œdipe, Persifleur 24 Glorieux, Colin maillard 25 Rhadamiste et Zén.,
Persifleur 27 Gustave, Scapin 28 Tartuffe, Vendanges de Suresnes Spec.
Receipts Date March 1 Ecole des femmes, Esprit de contradiction 2 Rhadamiste
et Zén., ...
Henry Carrington Lancaster, 1951
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSIFLEUR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
persifleur is used in the context of the following news items.
Extension de l'irrespect
Et, bien sûr, la convocation de son esprit persifleur, à la lisière de l'inculture, dans des publicités politiques, qu'elles viennent de la droite — les ... «Le Devoir, Jul 15»
Plainfield Student in Spelling Bee Won't Move Forward
Kumar had correctly spelled ”flotilla” and “persifleur” during the second and third round, respectively. Kumar was speller No. 52 and enjoys ... «Patch.com, May 15»
Brocéliande ou la filiation celtique des Européens
Le persifleur qu'il représente est la mauvaise conscience d'une société occidentale, comme l'était Diogène le Cynique chez les Athéniens, chargé de provoquer ... «Breizh Info, May 15»
Saint Stefanovic's bandwagon balls
... journalists and interns, it seems certain Today show persifleur, come social justice warrior, Karl Stefanovic, will hang his halo somewhere. «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
Islamophobie: Véronique Genest se fait «tweeter» à sa place par …
... fait même joliment remettre à sa place par Mathieu Kassovitz, réputé pour son tweet très réactif, sans fioritures, et en l'occurrence persifleur. «Oumma.com, Sep 12»
