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Absolutist attachments : emotion, media, and absolutism in seventeenth-century France /

In Absolutist Attachments, Chloe Hogg uncovers the affective and media connections that shaped Louis XIV's absolutism. This book offers a view of another kind of absolutism--not the spectacular absolutism of an unbound king but the binding connections of his subjects--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hogg, Chloé (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Colección:Rethinking the Early Modern.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Conversation with a King; Chapter One. Loving Alexander, or The Emotions of Absolutism; Interlude I: Sysigambis's Desire (Scudéry); Interlude II: Alexander's Tears (Racine); Chapter Two. Media Wars: Emotion, Information, and the Passage of the Rhine; Chapter Three. Feeling Newsy: Donneau de Visé Writes the Sun King's Wars; Chapter Four. Boileau's Bad Taste and the Sieges of Namur, 1692-1695; Chapter Five. The Surgeon King: Wounding and the Body Politic; Conclusion: A Passion without a Name; Notes; Works Cited; Index