{"product_id":"9780859895354","title":"La Quete Du Ble","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving more literary than religious vocation, the young Capuchin monk Venance Dougados was sent on a fund-raising tour in 1786 among the peasants and gentry of the Monts de Lacaune in southern France.  He came back with a remarkable work, \u003ci\u003eLa Quête du Blé\u003c\/i\u003e, in verse and prose.  The work was original, humorous, with pre-romantic undertones; it brought him much success, but at the same time it aroused the anger of his superiors.  Rémy Cazals provides a critical edition of this little-known text accompanied by a biography of its author, who became inflamed by the passions of the Revolution, and who was guillotined in 1794.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis title is Volume 101 in the series Exeter French Texts\/Textes littéraires.  It incldues an introduction and essential notes, all in French.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Exeter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022260912368,"sku":"9780859895354","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780859895354_p0.jpg?v=1763838060","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780859895354","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}