Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal : François Bernier, Marguerite de La Sablière, and enlightening conversations in seventeenth-century France /

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Challenging the prevailing images of India derived from nineteenth-century "orientalism", Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal identifies and explores the traces that exposure to India left on the cultural artifacts and mindset of France's "Great Century."

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Beasley, Faith Evelyn (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Sujets:
Bernier, François, > 1620-1688.
La Sablière, Marguerite de, > 1640?-1693.
1600-1699
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
Orientalism > France > History > 17th century.
Salons > France > History > 17th century.
Enlightenment > France > History.
Littérature française > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Orientalisme > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Salons littéraires > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Civilization > Influence.
Enlightenment.
French literature.
Intellectual life.
Orientalism.
Salons.
France > Intellectual life > 17th century.
India > Civilization > Influence.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Inde > Civilisation > Influence.
France.
India.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Translations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Worldly Encounters: Communities and Conversation
  • 2. Salons, Seraglios, and Social Networking
  • 3. Penser autrement: Fables, Philosophy, and Diversity
  • 4. Indian Taste, A Taste for India
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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