The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something Book

Offers a study of the je-ne-sais-quoi. This book describes the rise and fall of the expression as a noun and as a topic of debate examines its meanings and presents its 'pre-history'. It argues that the je-ne-sais-quoi serves to capture first-person encounters with a 'certain something' that is as difficult to explain as its effects are intense.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    What is the je-ne-sais-quoi? How - if at all - 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 describes the rise and...

  • 0199274401
  • 9780199274406
  • Richard Scholar
  • 29 September 2005
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
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