Enlightened pleasures
eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism
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Author
Publication
2010 - Annie Burr Lewis Fund, New Haven [Conn., Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
63,500 words, Guess
Page Count
254 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveenlightenedpleas0000kava
- ISBN-100300140940
- ISBN-139780300140941
- Library of Congress Control Number2009027231
- OCLC Control Number427438322
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780300140941
- Open LibraryOL24461122M
Classifications
- DDC944/.034
- LCCDC133.8 .K38 2010
- LCCDC133.8.K38 2010
Description
"Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century understood pleasure as a virtue - a gift to be shared with one's companion, with a reader, or with the public. In this daring new book, Thomas Kavanagh overturns the prevailing scholarly tradition that views eighteenth-century France primarily as the incubator of the Revolution. Instead, Kavanagh demonstrates how the art and literature of the era put the experience of pleasure at the center of the cultural agenda, leading to advances in both ethics and aesthetics."--Publisher's description.
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Series Statement
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Other Editions
- Enlightened pleasures: eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism
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