Ebook: The world upside-down in 16th century French literature and visual culture
Author: Robert-Nicoud Vincent Corentin
- Tags: French literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism, Symbolic inversion in literature, Symbolic inversion in art, Literature and society -- France -- History -- 16th century, Satire French, Art -- France -- History, Renaissance -- France, France -- History -- 16th century, France -- Intellectual life -- 16th century, Art, French literature, Intellectual life, Literature and society, Renaissance, France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French
- Series: Faux titre no. 426.
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: Brill Rodopi
- City: Array
- Language: English
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"In The World Upside-Down in 16th Century French Literature and Visual Culture Vincent Robert-Nicoud offers an interdisciplinary account of the topos of the world upside-down in early modern France. To call something 'topsy-turvy' in the sixteenth century is to label it as abnormal. The topos of the world upside-down evokes a world in which everything is inside-out and out of bounds: fish live in trees, children Read more...