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03718aam a2200493 i 4500 001 A3D4DB98FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 210128t20212021enk b 001 0beng d 010 $a 2020445181 020 $a 1789622484 020 $a 9781789622485 035 $a (OCoLC)1233262586 040 $a AUXAM $b eng $e rda $c AUXAM $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d UAB $d SYB $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d DLC $d QGE $d PSC $d UIU $d NUI $d SILO 041 0 $a fre $a fre 043 $a e-fr--- 100 1 $a Davies, Simon $q (Simon F.), $e author. 245 10 $a Bernardin de Saint-Pierre : $b colonial traveller, Enlightenment reformer, celebrity writer / $c Simon Davies. 246 17 $a Bernardin de Saint-Pierre : $b traveller, reformer, writer 264 1 $a [Liverpool, United Kingdom] : $b Liverpool University Press ; $c [2021] 300 $a xii, 323 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, $x 2634-8047 ; $v 2021:01 546 $a English text with extensive quoted French passages. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index. 520 $a "Although posterity has generally known Bernardin de Saint-Pierre for his bestselling 'Paul et Virginie', his output was encyclopaedic. Using new sources, this monograph explores the many facets of a celebrity writer in the 'Ancien ReÌgime', the Revolution and the early nineteenth century. Bernardin attracted a readership to whom, irrespective of age, gender or social situation, he became a guide to living. He was nominated by Louis XVI to manage the Jardin des plantes, by Revolutionary bodies to teach at the EÌcole normale and to membership of the Institut. He deplored unquestioning adherence to Newtonian ideas, materialistic atheism and human misdeeds in what could be considered proto-ecological terms. He bemoaned analytical, reductionist approaches: his philosophy placed human beings at the centre of the universe and stressed the interconnectedness of cosmic harmony. Bernardin learned enormously from travel to Eastern Europe and the Indian Ocean. He attacked slavery, championed a national education system and advocated justice for authors. Fresh information and interpretation show that he belonged to neither the 'philosophe' nor the 'anti-philosophe' camp. A reformist, he envisioned a regenerated France as a nation of liberty offering asylum for refugees. This study demonstrates the range of thought and expression of an 'incontournable' polymath in an age of transformation."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper. 600 10 $a Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, $d 1737-1814. 650 0 $a Authors, French $y 18th century $v Biography. 651 0 $a France $x Intellectual life $y 18th century. 651 0 $a France $x Intellectual life $y 19th century. 600 16 $a Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de, $d 1737-1814. $0 (CaOONL)ncf10110263 650 6 $a EÌcrivains français $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $y 18e sieÌcle $0 (CaQQLa)201-0121373 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 600 17 $a Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, $d 1737-1814. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00011027 650 7 $a Authors, French. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00822016 650 7 $a Intellectual life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975769 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 648 7 $a 1700-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 700 1 $a Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, $d 1737-1814. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781800857797 773 18 $w 990075856550202771 $g no:31858070970086 830 0 $a Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; $v 2021:01. $x 2634-8047 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317014627.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A3D4DB98FFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search