San Antonio College Library

This volume, the first English translation of "Morales du Grand Siècle" by the noted French scholar Paul Bénichou, fills the need for a critical study of the great French classicists of the 17th century. The study is constructed around the works of the dominant figures of that age--the dramatists Corneille, Racine, and Molière, and the philosopher Pascal--each reflecting the social and moral relationships that bound together the conditions of life...