The Search for Enlightenment Introduction to Eighteenth-Century French Writing |
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Author:
| Robbins, Jeremy |
Series title: | New Readings Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7156-2839-3 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Imprint: | Bristol Classical Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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This introduction to the French Enlightenment corrects the view that the writers of the period were a mere stopover to modernity. It covers key exam literature, in particular Voltaire, Diderot, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Rivarol, Sedaine, Palissot, theatre, gender issues and feminism.
This introduction to the French Enlightenment corrects the view that the writers of the period were a mere stopover to modernity. It covers key exam literature, in particular Voltaire, Diderot, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Rivarol, Sedaine, Palissot, theatre, gender issues and feminism.