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."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beasley, Faith Evelyn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bernier, François, > 1620-1688.
La Sabliere, Marguerite de, > 1640?-1693.
Salons.
Orientalism.
Intellectual life.
French literature.
Enlightenment.
Civilization > Influence.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Siecle des Lumieres > France > Histoire.
Salons litteraires > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Orientalisme > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Litterature française > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Enlightenment > France > History.
Salons > France > History > 17th century.
Orientalism > France > History > 17th century.
French literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
India.
France.
Inde > Civilisation > Influence.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
India > Civilization > Influence.
France > Intellectual life > 17th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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