Enlightened pleasures : eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism /
"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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press : Annie Burr Lewis Fund,
[2010]
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Colección: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300162851 0300162855 |