Project Gutenberg 2006-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 80 France, Anatole 1844 1924 Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault, Anatole La vie littéraire. Quatrième série Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net "La vie littéraire. Quatrième série" by Anatole France is a collection of literary essays written in the late 19th century. The work reflects on the nature of literature, criticism, and art, exploring sentiments and thoughts related to aesthetic experiences rather than adhering strictly to systematic theory. France's philosophical musings are interspersed with personal reflections on prominent literary figures, with a focus on the significance of emotions over rigid reasoning. At the start of this volume, the author expresses gratitude to readers for their reception of previous works and emphasizes a departure from traditional criticism in favor of a more candid and instinctive approach to literary discussion. France posits that aesthetic appreciation is inherently subjective and challenges conventional critical methods. Notably, he weaves personal anecdotes about influential contemporaries like the late publisher Calmann Lévy and offers insights into the life of Madame Ackermann, a reclusive poet, illustrating how personal experiences and emotional truths shape literary understanding. The tone is reflective and aimed at discerning the intrinsic value of literature through a lens of personal experience and sentiment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French literature -- History and criticism PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 632294 632149 2024-10-09T04:07:25.910386 2023-09-09T06:57:49.585249 text/html text/html 632287 632142 2024-10-09T04:07:26.210402 2023-09-09T06:57:49.746268 text/html text/html 319919 2024-10-09T04:07:36.052321 application/epub+zip 327774 2024-10-09T04:07:29.823349 application/epub+zip 314319 2024-10-09T04:07:28.477346 application/epub+zip 582233 2024-10-09T04:07:41.361288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541489 2024-10-09T04:07:35.175344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504716 2022-09-09T13:01:52.959317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 590679 590585 2024-10-09T04:07:25.456350 2023-09-09T06:57:49.207220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 575524 2006-12-19T16:24:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 228375 2006-12-19T16:24:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19470 2024-10-09T04:07:41.511286 application/rdf+xml 13616 2024-10-09T04:07:29.015361 image/jpeg 3322 2024-10-09T04:07:28.744335 image/jpeg 316454 2024-10-09T04:07:26.269354 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia