Absolutist Attachments : Emotion, Media, and Absolutism in Seventeenth-Century France /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogg, Chloe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Monarchy.
Mass media > Political aspects.
French literature > Political aspects.
Despotism.
HISTORY > General.
Litterature française > 17e siecle > Aspect politique.
Monarchie > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Despotisme > France > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Mass media > Political aspects > France > History > 17th century.
French literature > 17th century > Political aspects.
Monarchy > France > History > 17th century.
Despotism > France > History > 17th century.
France.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 17e siecle.
France > Politics and government > 17th century.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 (Scudery); Interlude II: Alexander's Tears (Racine); Chapter Two. Media Wars: Emotion, Information, and the Passage of the Rhine; Chapter Three. Feeling Newsy: Donneau de Vise 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

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