The Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760
ISBN: 9781487595210
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
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Subjects: Language & Literature;

Professor Finch here undertakes to isolate a certain group of poets, belonging to the first half of the eighteenth century, who may appropriately be called individualistes and who are in various ways characteristic of a definite and important trend of their time.

Finch Robert :

Robert Finch (1900-1995), scholar, poet, painter, musician, and theatrical director, was professor of French in University College, University of Toronto. His poetry won the Governor-General's award twice, in 1946 an 1961. He received the Lorne Pierce medal in 1968. Among his other books are The Sixth Sense: Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760 , Acis in Oxford (both published by the University of Toronto Press), and Silverthorn Bush (1966).


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