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Author:
Stalnaker, Joanna.
Title:
The unfinished Enlightenment : description in the age of the encyclopedia / Joanna Stalnaker.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xvi, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
French literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Description (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French--History and criticism.
Natural history--France--History--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0801448646 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801448645 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)436221285
LCCN:
2009036987
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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