Although the Maximes as we know them are the original work of the duc of La Rochefoucauld, Jacques Esprit and Mme de Sable contributed to the first versions of the text. At one time, the three friends even talked of regrouping their contributions in one volume. However, little by little, the "common collection" seems to contain only the reflexions of La Rochefoucauld, and Mme de Sable and Jacques Esprit decide to become writers in their own right. So, while the marquise chooses also to write "maximes", Esprit prefers a moral treatise on the falseness of human vertus, La Faussete des vertus humaines. Having become writers, Esprit and Mme de Sable nonetheless produce second-rate works, while only La Rochefoucauld produces the masterpiece known as the Maximes. Our study traces the phenomenon of the artistic literary work which emerges from what began as a collective effort. Through a historical, thematic and stylistic approach, we establish different elements which contribute to the fundamental originality of La Rochefoucauld's Maximes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.68679 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Liebich, Christine Renée. |
| Contributors | van Delft, Louis (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of French Language and Literature) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000148836, proquestno: AAINK61062, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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