The Representation of Petrarch in the Eighteenth-century <i>Encyclopédie</i>
The colossal project of the Encyclopédie (1751-1772), directed by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert, aimed to create, as Voltaire contends, “a repository of all sciences and arts,” therefore establishing itself as the point of reference for literature, sciences, arts and crafts. This pretent...
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Oregon Digital
2011-02-01
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Series: | Humanist Studies & The Digital Age |
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Online Access: | http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/hsda/article/view/1201 |