A sensitive investigation into how French writers, including Descartes and Racine, treated a central preoccupation in early modern writings.

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Introduction: The Logic of Idolatry and the Question of Creation
Chapter One: Idolatry and Instability in Honoré d'Urfé's L'Astrée
Chapter Two: Descartes' Meditations as a Solution to Idolatry
Chapter Three: Idolatry and the Questioning of Mastery in La Fontaine's Fables
Chapter Four: Idolatry and the Love of the Creature in Sévigné's Letters
Chapter Five: Theatrical Idolatry in Molière and Racine
Conclusion: The End(s) of Idolatry
Acknowledgments
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