The republic of letters : a cultural history of the French enlightenment / Dena Goodman.
TITLE:
The republic of letters : a cultural history of the French enlightenment / Dena Goodman.
Publication Date:
1996, 1994
Publication Information:
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,
Physical Description:
xii, 338 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-328) and index.
Summary:
In the first major reinterpretation of the French Enlightenment in twenty years, Dena Goodman moves beyond the traditional approach to the Enlightenment as a chapter in Western intellectual history and examines its deeper significance as cultural history. She finds the very epicenter of the Enlightenment in a community of discourse known as the Republic of Letters, where salons governed by women advanced the Enlightenment project "to change the common way of thinking."
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780801481741
