The French Renaissance in England
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From Amyot came the briskly balanced period, and the enthusiasm for biographic GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 179 detail. From Montaigne came pointed fluency and a cheerful habit of reflecting detachedly on life. The matter and manner of French prose helped to mould Elizabethan thought and expression. There were other threads in the skein classical, Italian, and Spanish threads but many of these were dyed in French colours before they were put to English uses. France, whether as principal or agent, was th...e predominant element in the serious branches of the literary art. If Elizabethan fiction sought sustenance further afield in Italy or Spain, France taught Elizabethan prose most of that bold vivacity and freedom which Elizabethans acknowledged to be a distinguishing trait of the French language. Familiarity with the themes of French prose with the theology of Calvin, the ribald sagacity of Rabelais, the classical idealism of Amyot, the worldly ethics of Montaigne signally helped to draw Elizabethan minds into the main currents of European thought and culture.
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From Amyot came the briskly balanced period, and the enthusiasm for biographic GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 179 detail. From Montaigne came pointed fluency and a cheerful habit of reflecting detachedly on life. The matter and manner of French prose helped to mould Elizabethan thought and expression. There were other threads in the skein classical, Italian, and Spanish threads but many of these were dyed in French colours before they were put to English uses. France, whether as principal or agent, was th...e predominant element in the serious branches of the literary art. If Elizabethan fiction sought sustenance further afield in Italy or Spain, France taught Elizabethan prose most of that bold vivacity and freedom which Elizabethans acknowledged to be a distinguishing trait of the French language. Familiarity with the themes of French prose with the theology of Calvin, the ribald sagacity of Rabelais, the classical idealism of Amyot, the worldly ethics of Montaigne signally helped to draw Elizabethan minds into the main currents of European thought and culture.
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