Boileau and the Nature of Neoclassicism

1. Neo-classicism and Boileau 2. Life and early works 3. The harvest of satire 4. The early Epistles 5. A reading of L'Art Poetique (I) 6. A reading of L'Art Poetique (II) 7. The significance of L'Art Poetique 8. Complexity and simplification 9. Conclusions Notes Select bibliography Key to translated passages Index.