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Cartesian Women : Versions and Subversions of Rational Discourse in the Old Regime /

The little-known writings that Erica Harth examines here reveal a remarkable chapter in the history of Western thought. Drawing upon current theoretical work in gender studies, cultural history, and literary criticism, Harth looks at how women in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France attempted...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Harth, Erica (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Collection:Reading women writing.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Translation and Orthography
  • Introduction: Toward a New Cogito
  • 1. Gender and Discursive Space(s) in the Seventeenth Century
  • 2. The Cartésiennes
  • 3. Fontenelle and the Ladies
  • 4. Femmes Philosophes or Femmes/Philosophes?
  • Conclusion: Beyond the Ellipsis
  • Bibliography
  • Index