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The Art of the Persian Letters. Unlocking Montesquieu's 'secret Chain'.
Randolph Paul Runyon
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Description for The Art of the Persian Letters. Unlocking Montesquieu's 'secret Chain'.
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
Some thirty years after the initial publication of Montesquieu's Persian Letters in 1721, the author hinted at the presence of 'a secret, and somehow unnoticed, chain' tying together this entertaining, insightful, yet disparate collection of fictional letters to and from two Persian travelers in France. Ever since Montesquieu's subtle hint, readers have tried to identify the chain, but the riddle has resisted solution. The reason may be that no one has actually looked for a hidden chain-composed of separate links—but instead for a unifying theme. In The Art of the Persian Letters Randolph Runyon takes the chain metaphor seriously, showing ... Read more
Some thirty years after the initial publication of Montesquieu's Persian Letters in 1721, the author hinted at the presence of 'a secret, and somehow unnoticed, chain' tying together this entertaining, insightful, yet disparate collection of fictional letters to and from two Persian travelers in France. Ever since Montesquieu's subtle hint, readers have tried to identify the chain, but the riddle has resisted solution. The reason may be that no one has actually looked for a hidden chain-composed of separate links—but instead for a unifying theme. In The Art of the Persian Letters Randolph Runyon takes the chain metaphor seriously, showing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
Number of Pages
289
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492767
SKU
V9781611492767
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About Randolph Paul Runyon
Randolph Paul Runyon is professor of French at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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