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The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something
The JeNeSaisQuoi in Early Modern Europe Encounters with a Certain Something
Author: Richard Scholar
What is the je-ne-sais-quoi, if it is indeed something at all, and how can it be put into words? In addressing these questions, Richard Scholar offers the first full-length study of the je-ne-sais-quoi and its fortunes in early modern Europe. He examines the expression's rise and fall as a noun and as a topic of philosophical and literary debate...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199274406
ISBN-10: 0199274401
Publication Date: 12/1/2005
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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