Gilby (French, Cambridge U.) begins with a detailed analysis of Longinus' On the Sublime, first translated from Greek to French in 1663, then surveys how French writers of the period follow him in con
Descartes's Fictions traces common movements in early modern philosophy and literary method. Emma Gilby reassesses the significance of Descartes's writing by bringing his philosophical output into con
French philosophical and scientific writers of the early modern period made various use of forms of narrative — language that aims to tell a story — in their texts. Equally, authors of fiction often s
