The unfinished Enlightenment

Stalnaker, Joanna.

The unfinished Enlightenment description in the age of the encyclopedia / [electronic resource] : Joanna Stalnaker. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010. - xvi, 240 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.

Buffon and Daubenton's two horses -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant -- Diderot's word machine -- Delille's little encyclopedia -- Mercier's unframed Paris -- Description in revolution -- Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.


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2013.
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French literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Description (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French--History and criticism.
Natural history--History--France--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.


France--Intellectual life--18th century.


Electronic books.

PQ265 / .S72 2010eb

840.9/005