Performative Polemic: Anti-Absolutist Pamphlets and Their Readers in Late Seventeenth-Century France

(Part of the The Early Modern Exchange Series)

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Performative Polemic is the first literary historical study to analyze the "war of words" unleashed in the pamphlets denouncing Louis XIV's absolute monarchy between 1667 and 1715. As conflict erupted between the French ruler and his political enemies, pamphlet writers across Europe penned scathing assaults on the Sun King's bellicose impulses and expansionist policies. This book investigates how pamphlet writers challenged the monarchy's monopoly...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1644532093

ISBN13:9781644532096

Release Date:June 2021

Publisher:University of Delaware Press

Length:338 Pages

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Art Arts, Music & Photography History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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Performative Polemic: Anti-Absolutist Pamphlets and Their Readers in Late Seventeenth-Century France

(Part of the The Early Modern Exchange Series)

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