STUDIES IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE Presented to Morris Bishop ¥éM EDITED BY JEAN-JACQUES DEMOREST Anchor Books Doubleday & Canpany, In ‘Garden iy, New YorkOn tout donne rah wr on éatndat decom eeu, on trouve wn homme, ‘To Monts Buiop,Rowndte ome aod sare example othe pothenanscholiy the volane afer as s most cord ‘ipresion of admiration and vspect, rinde ssn, nd stiles ae pete to nar the sound elegance of hs scholarship to Fecogatn the fut {ol devotion at he has vay shown o Comal, and to all, the camest chm of his demeanor and yeCONTENTS (Common Sense Rema on the French Baroque ent Peve Matbabe and His Fence Philp A: Wadecorth ShintAmant le pote sad ds cous ‘Alon Sete CCormile's Horace: A Stady in Trage and Artistic "Ambivalence Laorence BHarcey Atte Beater Georges May Pascal's Sopisuy and he Sia of Poesy Tearacques Demores ‘Hanan Nate and Teta in Males lots Tomes Dookie out and Se-Decepton in Le Mlantheope "dD. aber b -Les Your do Cis: The Language of Vision Sa Brianne dudes Brody ‘Asko and La Fontan: A Literary AB Tol C. Lapp Ar postque: “Longtemps pave, et fmals no ese Nathon Edlnon ‘The Literary Arts of Longin and Ballas Bgh M. Devin Tider of Foros 159 5 85 stDIES IN(COMMON-SENSE REMARKS ON THE FRENCH BAROQUE By Hone! Poyro Notinaion the hie cup or the readin scapes,ecm age day tht fr foo macs own made of the French baroque ie Mertre snd to wonder bow esentia “ful that new catgury Se This i no stobbemoes er ‘placed elt! national, bt plain pede common. ews, Common sense all thatthe modest eerietion here Attempted wiser fo evince, in ream whee cry does fot often abt alongwith 16s0-1680} and, 10 leer ete and ith Yess panbo oui impenaien, Victor Tepe Baroque et Clase ‘They thar al forthe word "baoque” universal ‘wick sas ever gated tos vals for no Miri wool Ute the history of Burope between 3880 and apo0 “The ‘Nee of Symbnim,” sod few wouldlndly characterize ‘te somantc Ube ra. of Nepolon, of George In England Of Prin 3830-3890, af Astin under Meter © of ‘ass der Aleander 1 Yet it highly, questionable ‘wher the brogoe sve pomestod the esi tbe may ‘er the del fa age ao muchas the roman vera id. 1 New Yas apr aod Bre, 108 2h Penat el i L f° t : | i ‘ender, itl warned wo hiss and valuable vole ‘ie, Monten on Ant Manners ali Paitin 1 would be best all these tem, such as Goto enlsance, Manvera, Baroque, Chasis ad. 29 fet which were appeal wilflypromalated nd ‘kn, were ey tued when they meant something ‘ery dente and cheamsorbed. In any cae a period ‘Nou abmayr be ined tone or to geoeatiny, Sel no aed to cade completely ferent tends wo common, denonisior ike “The Art of the 1 might be grate tht few elements, such as Wola ated in hie fame eateaes In bie mportant work etzsehicehe Crundbogrife (1918), are to be found fn architect, i aclptre, perhape Tsing, and mare octtaly wl ty Hertre fr several costes of Boope fetween 4g and yo. But the proprton in which the ‘meats tended wth thers, adfying thers or blag be {lve by theme determining factor and very hard one {0 doe, Of ths ve osx cotien concerned, rane, net te Bvt, the ope wc reed, toned down, oF tas: aoe het barogae canes most conpeaoaly, Why do Proto the reat tales cert ea seem tai hen {Rtves bahind few common trends, as the las waters {France id fn 1660-2685. the phioopher a centry Iter Shen twtr, among the thousands who attempted 8, Tact i efening rlson seth any bellnee, oF 2s the roman reds id Tater agua « bot of unromantc lpponenn es myery which we exonot plc. Some Bes ‘teal factors may have comoted to such as the de ‘elpmet of the mile clas and of urban ile in Fran fo 160 and after: bat such explanations are, at bet, cn ap proinative. TF there ny vay Inthe hindgt with whic aden trans endeavor to dice which say the “wave of the {ature bea inthe seventeen est, Wappen fom their Now Yk: Cobia Unverty Pras, 27A if uy iL I 5 BB ree me rnc maroc“ae “ i 4H i ER. i] 4 1 ey Bild i 1G RRALATEHLseaneannegtIaeE dada bpedititis i Hndieee apyieiihl Lit ie iid i isi tale ae ee HRT HEL Stn] te ails i age“EHH Lee ie eae dug | it ee ‘ne eure Ha 1G a iis tl Te ii i = = eet diff iui aan Be i ! Sqgag srg ged uy TARE dh He Hee Ny ‘util ih 1a ee! Haha ? waa i Le } ila! la i aid inl ip Hitt He ie 5. ! iHhG hue { ly Hi iicee uae 1 ie a ane pyallpe: stiligs ae as TA xy ea eae gt aE mde uctteeyll i HEH A Pipette nn Hut HH Hitt a Teas Hi ea i He il ae Hae f Hl it if ig in ii ia iat int Hi al ah He i Ta ib fh ari H qui ct j Hae i iil ea hil Hi i qe ite t ae at ca et fit ‘i iy 2 Hue r Ht eau nee 4 Hi ‘H a Hh dit | Hi i ih a Ha i Hl BHATT itil fliMALHERBE AND HIS INFLUENCE Meade with distaste, Trench pouty. Bat what gave him ts reputation among dua wre and what ‘war the nate of he idan ‘pm then? enone bnows how Matbabe went about it mision of tang the Mss: hs tardy areal In Past the agp ofTeresi the poets reforme of the carly seventeenth entary-eotably on the pat of Prfeors Premhngue ed 5c al tat wry wable tk by Bente Won: sites ech for le fates (aca Nae fee patee caren eee eer cea See eee en met a"RHE. ue th felanes ivugeaaeie HH 2 Usd i Rau en tl HTH REECE ul Ube laa Sui pbs ae THIET a Wh Wena (i But quella i Hn Siagpeqpeqeayua]y 4fqgeyigc2apasag7g 2 A HS HeHE Eat petal ih ne Wis} i Het apy f 3 cee iett alii i ee bapa ities f seeiieties eleicdgi}aleteisc? 1 al i aan HE tal HEHE SHH aey tn Paki ad“wi 3 ne Ha i ae He ify if eis aie 4 fom which he had given his example Bogered on when- ni a3 Hiv) wee 24 1 Hy ABE aloof i aan High is gil ug suit Efe 2) iH pa abe B Hi RAiled ul iediutt He fiat ort SeHie eeanor aer a ‘ATaventr, 1a ft des Janet, ‘Que sur les ots courent es pas ges. (Cer grand pels de Tate anbasade, Snavio 4 pane a dou sla Tune rade, Montrent ser que Tn, at del mer ale qual, En quelle intl pene (Ces arbre ee Sur les eax outs point mis Une adres rine? Elles cour ds dangers (i tas eo dons gis (Qe Hae anime de glace# i I I { a ut i G i i it an le t Fl zie it ell ewhere i ie enetallyabnact, as in “La, Vill sole Tit” whee lapation pases hi ship onward 5% Mee ats ey ig sap nd ng de ee me pl plsRinciact seas ee “Witig tothe Roce Palit, Sist-Amant rend her ofthe cues which wait any government (ship of ate"), {he tempts do la pltiqe, and 0 feeth. On the contrary, the sane ship male go cl waters im times of peace Tht ‘tum to Pak of young Lous IV frm hr ele Rael ties amnouend Parl me Ye Ra Pal ane eRe, ‘Son sug sat pon lear bie eet Etmon ec et rmpé ss nel ne pt Da le port 08 an hoe ot promise I pele, 7s ole La Cate” of Badaaoeraocaer o template” The Apocalypse represented a «stor at ea. ‘The clement are agua opposs toon another an xe ‘der water aod la me re comme en Je ve The ‘nial reign metamorphosed: ‘Les mite, ensemble fd, Font des rvs pose “Less boullnt sont pandas ares eampares spies Dans ce fue deer des aus, ‘Tors ls terest sna ‘Se'conzolent en quel sat, a dogo 4 der vents, En voyant our qe Fond pote ‘Asi ben comme eu lg ‘Tes carlos Hes seem to make ofthe eh he Ist repre Seatatve of fe Iss ral of erly Chetan symbolism of ‘sore simply the natal beat of Sain-Amants poo von? ‘The clement ef fe and desteaton, wate, ceases en sng our precarious extencee-buts and salesmen of ‘he B's proged blog Hl tavls wine danger, letiog Iinself be cared by the tide or Gghting wih impos, squint fe At the moment ofthe fal catastrophe i ‘kestoyed, The metamorposs of the elements as the ‘ever of ature [owning Bt «sgn of bis end and, ‘hereby, of the end of the woe Seorabty, changeablenet, tera, ae nected th sine landapes. From memories to visions of Apap, fommoa curctester tte Sant Amantsnivene. To those mt be added the general ambiguty of seascapes and that subjacent vnlene. “The ambigty res fom the wncertaa is which sep sate o uate the cements. The evades space ng ‘ward he sy He faes wth stds with the earthen i Cover ts sores. The imprenoa of» enatan uite te ected tor by wake mages o by amines which com ec de ony rl?= sua seers scious on the pat ofthe ws. In “Le Page de Ca” ‘comple, our fie a le a gue, Ta Teton fichés da tonne, Ent intr sur mont tins, ‘Vesilen qt be que I toe Lame fe vl das Tans In “La Vile solide,” Fame dod ofthe wa vases Tor de Céris en pale Et semble de 3 Tol quel mer ta tee De leur tebe ot dear ve ere Yount ben outer la dae opinion, {En deste amour, dep et anion. g Ces foes hat ot dros a borden es sean, ‘Rest bien qe lee sinenus, Mo senient reverse dane Toad, Mais comme en a sule apparence Lr sommet est pei rear mi et a verte sanersocaee ® strat de lew diférence. sont toujours bout, met cent Aa, 1s botnet dane ex combate Des plas efoyables tpt, 1s portent anu ll es hone de ere tes, [Benne les peut mete 3 bn aoe ere smaitinn Pe inlpetevancr ae See Tepeeiicesren eae: Sav epeesomeeare Pte eee ae Sosy Senne oie ai pa oat sue aes oot aen ane Pipertcanlaretics | Se Soa aesEt voyant son premier mayen, Cybile ot Tits rentrsnpent eae bors (i lear sep st Jota, de guile discord Eiget der humane or elles aoe "This ptt unio inter completely the earth nr the Sa: ‘aside the ores mort which ean be seen undereath the ‘elaceof the ton, andthe arbres vet, which ine the bsks, foe cam sce er eb scr ul lore ur Tone. The cy Sc ia hip end to bre th pede of the deep: Todi - «ct pluie confonde CITE oh is acon sot prenautant depots, suoerascane ss ‘Ca haves dnt les nel son aie forts (Qu raven TOafan voles Gendaes. All waterscapes suguet posible change and movenent—to- “tai. The lands are banks ready to at foth whether Tae Tbérin a Hos que Ton prondrat porn hae, ot ‘he ilands, cousins defo Sen, which daring Hoods may be firacinde and become de es erate. Bven motte: so fain, marine lniscape hides « pos metamorpsie ‘which gest dramate tension. In “LAndioma,” the sn ‘monte vanguited by Peet fel hina tuning to Seo, ‘is body te by Me harden, ad at It be cen o owe ‘as great tal barely apparent oer dhe wave, has ben ane fond into rocks, Roeis ue no loge pessive minerals tn, bt marine monsters which have been pried and may come ‘ack to fe the menace reals. Vilone i preset in eacapes even when tf not dell suscited withthe sa, fr empl the hut which Salat ‘Aut deseibes i “La Contemplate.” Above suprise undalined in the poem below by the place of foment death som the se, tal el den: fete aux conmorans (Qo bas dn ee ots marmot ‘Tombert pers da plomb lt; Ilse dbatient sur ce bods Bt lear vi en vin svete Diéchaper der maine de a Mort, ‘The Bi too i dean by the mirage ofthe ae wl be 3 {el ie, nh dard ring he kw ot, 1a char méee qu case niin Tatrappe en le fayant6 ca sexe vith lantern secentats the ry of an hsory (Worl andthe suldenear of ests Je yt des fe promener su ens, ‘Des Feu rss, qul de mate calbupe ent en de frie abo la poe our ster ler pits dpe, [Les anelan dn mines apps. ‘Acs bau pg, Teaco bilan, ‘Da tances prone fournte ‘Donne sain dans ele tend, ‘Bleep our et bien her vend, ‘iy companion, a "Soltade” the aquatic landscape i ll the more pracefl Hesse no menace weighs pon 12 cost mile eau aqustqoes ‘vets esd, eer ep i i Jamais chert dsp Np fat save ec Br jamais alte amogoa New Bt soe aun pose. ‘orelve the age of br the rer Borden Te mars i t i i i i F i :s sane see the Seine remembers with nstal the winter in whch foe at que mes yeu sralet ras De revoir Tande siche t dare ‘Gomme naires f nis ‘Sour le sgneus de afd. Here i the inate Hint water I at ast sche and dine. ‘Man i tly sf he ea, long atthe water, re de som ftudace. Water bat for once Boon ded. Paying on the ‘ford fern SuintAmant shows ws the Sloe eum a fre es pati. We have examined the penona memories, the rab ie ex. patna toch a they appear in SalstAmans oety nd Five ted to rego. picid comparions and ete ‘hors nied In part by these expences, nord 10 sag {Gat some sostente which wit there age. As 0 once So lt ws examine three suggestive passages in which these ‘Shracesitc eval an spec of Salat Arua’ pectic ison. ‘in pesage of Mate in which the Flood appear, Jcabel with er all oct dpiting i tapestry work the = Tent of FhorBiedtugeengoutt Tuicers. We ae suldeny {that Inthe very mat of th tapetry which comes alive front of ew eves “La, de plo et de mans, es hommes wots de eines ‘Des arres le plo hae gagnalet es veres ees, Lefiot displ redoblat leurs es, Eon voy pilus membres e leurs ops 1c, Fan au ee dm aie ntepe, Pour sn po de vgn contrit heer pr, lk, regard em bs, he, LT, plas obut,empolgnant ne beanche alt que i branche fens e cate et gi, itocbace avec eur daneTende qu feat. “The Bite dpndues ae nt pared eter, and the ending ‘utr i fed to he or au wong dev agour ansEven animal fe has ben supremely domesticated the pot fone rarer-roe a atier-and ans, crs, no Ube, ti thir les at moving tues: “Tent, das jardin enc de states, De grote, do connie de mate pots, (0 Tom roa Torgel un pore Glan, “Tnte, sous des aes reps en arcades, Ele pron plas voir male cede, (Qe para de ent, es aes en asent Views dea place ot ses bo yeux hssent. Cen chases, empens dane nde vie t pe, ‘Somblalat en descendant avec wn doe mura, ‘Ofte grande ds dees de eral Pourfindutetmnoter rou err nate “Tanda que dares ens, parle plomb dvs, Stic de cent basa forme de fe, EX qu Cates encore alent en cent fags Goss um bel dang pen de aes poisons, Un Gang prcieut dont seulement os mes nie tous es oan foment ptr digs, So many deal remind of Baudelae's “Rv pare,” ‘ica of stove and canal, of ital and marie and ty ream of mtural word subjected to the domination of man ‘who can make Sout un tunnel do pleeis Paner un ooan domi. 1 of Dadolae sara Baudelie who sd, “Lest ert ietissppetable;f a veux pesonne, a eacan, ans Le mars glotiqos Tan quat"that we think when, ‘Sew pager Iter, Sant Araot evoke Ue daghter of Fa (th bathing inthe yates athe Nie tbe prely i. ane Tranche di eee art ménagl which ‘ee ine pie pla ares Sore ‘Fase bier Tema des pl ives couleurs ser aseer o Pedentnt su eps "Tout ce quant no fads engl et de super ero the Ne is vangued, nator beet becase 8 exquie ik a eeiznd garden It not really fo he Ne that ‘he princes bates but In swimming ool made wp ef wn Ting et dot canal qu ce ou pr renferme a which ‘Sema de deo bess pons ui dea tere Ferme ‘Aboutaieat kT Fry sel vie ‘Dev pos ares oui Fdstier sev 1 i omamented By, cuptred figures marble aches, ro tecting“TE, aang Hi nea He t a E i if as nie’ anne f 4 aghga iy ine sath i ah Ha i Tal ete a AE UeCORNEILLE'S HORACE: ‘A STUDY IN TRAGIC AND. ARTISTIC AMBIVALENCE By Lawrence E. HarveyF L I i F | : | “Traghie ceria, trie racers (Int Sad teed Eas SR, mei Sanoy ESA Nov Vi of cn” Fomch St, X (J 38, "ut, pe 3a, ccomcene's Tbomee™ o lng st of al the ater, shold keto mak tka tht “tm aware that every etal postion, icuding the otoos- fal apreach, which T sl wile fo hs stody, has ts a ‘antes a Wella ts Initatons. My purpose i potting to Timtation ic not to disparage the valuable work done by tris mentloned bat rather to fly the noed for Fate ‘Testo of a aoa mach- darted dren for geatnen 20 dot le bhind the wnilingest of ‘sts fo admit any gt om the put of Horace A great del ‘od been sid aboot the devon to diy ofthe Comat ero Before Bronte pointed out that some of these err swe not edly model of ion cont and subse "he ies fw fr that fd, inary, we have been mdecomes “ponsce™ & réence de Caml, Mls en ne les av pa dts, ATetvat pas sales de, trouver es paroles ames ‘at samen ‘a ble it og a pa it sou: male et ou qi at compres ‘HTeraipes ie Ss Hoole snd pn Ds he Se ‘mot justement pour ne ps Ta sete Sl more peclout& the negative evaton of Pal Good. ‘man, who condemns Horse, and he play, fr fling 16 re {eet perfectly a pater ten from Ges sychogy- ‘Aina group of rin cetering their tent on thing Ys than the whole ply churcey, an Me, echWy aa set eta LE i tHe £23 an a hatte te i yi ee ba a lle ay no Pal “nu i ; aE BH Hen iad & Hh ti at a8 tal ei Hay Hel HUG RHR Wh ine i. y ‘ E i ie a2 Hi ae Hite abe it i ili & Hae, elie Hu iE i