Death and tenses : posthumous presence in early modern France / Neil Kenny.

"In what tense should we refer to the dead? The question has long been asked, from Cicero to Julian Barnes. Answering it is partly a matter of grammar and stylistic convention. But the hesitation, annoyance, even distress that can be caused by the 'wrong' tense suggests that more may be at stake-our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kenny, Neil (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015. ©2015
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	French literature > 16th century > History and criticism. French literature > 17th century > History and criticism. Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism. Death in literature. Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense. French literature. Latin literature, Medieval and modern. 1500-1699 Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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