The bad taste of others : judging literary value in eighteenth-century France /

"An act of bad taste was more than a faux pas to French philosophers of the Enlightenment. To Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and others, bad taste in the arts could be a sign of the decline of a civilization. These intellectuals, faced with the potential chaos of an expanding literary market,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tsien, Jennifer, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1700-1799
Civilization in literature.
Culture in literature.
Aesthetics, French > 18th century.
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Civilisation dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
Esthétique française > 18e siècle.
Littérature française > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Aesthetics, French
Civilization in literature
Culture in literature
French literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one. Too Many Books
  • Chapter Two. What Is Good Taste?
  • Chapter Three. The Barbaric, or Of Time and Taste
  • Chapter Four. On Foreign Taste
  • Chapter Five. The Obscure, or Enigmas and the Enigmatic
  • Chapter Six. The Disorderly
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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