Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France: Philosophes, Anti-philosophes, and Polemical Theatre
Traditionally, the essay contest has occupied a relatively minor place in histories of the Enlightenment public sphere, discussion of its contribution to the intellectual and literary life of eighteenth-century France being largely limited to passing references in descriptions of the parent Academie...
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| description | Traditionally, the essay contest has occupied a relatively minor place in histories of the Enlightenment public sphere, discussion of its contribution to the intellectual and literary life of eighteenth-century France being largely limited to passing references in descriptions of the parent Academies. Jeremy Caradonna aims to rehabilitate the role of the essay contest, elucidating its distinctive contribution to Enlightenment practice and arguing that it provides an important new outlook on the contemporary public sphere. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/830902022-09-26T13:57:02Z Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France: Philosophes, Anti-philosophes, and Polemical Theatre Ravel, Jeffrey S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. History Section Ravel, Jeff Ravel, Jeffrey S. Traditionally, the essay contest has occupied a relatively minor place in histories of the Enlightenment public sphere, discussion of its contribution to the intellectual and literary life of eighteenth-century France being largely limited to passing references in descriptions of the parent Academies. Jeremy Caradonna aims to rehabilitate the role of the essay contest, elucidating its distinctive contribution to Enlightenment practice and arguing that it provides an important new outlook on the contemporary public sphere. 2013-12-19T21:18:06Z 2013-12-19T21:18:06Z 2013-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/BookReview 0016-1128 1468-2931 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83090 Ravel, Jeffrey S. [review of] “Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France: Philosophes, Anti-philosophes, and Polemical Theatre.” By Logan J. Connors. (Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2012. xii + 276 pp.) French Studies 67, no. 4 (September 27, 2013): 557-558. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8092-5008 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fs/knt205 French Studies Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for French Studies Ravel via Michelle Baildon |
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| title | Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France: Philosophes, Anti-philosophes, and Polemical Theatre |
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| title_short | Dramatic Battles in Eighteenth-Century France: Philosophes, Anti-philosophes, and Polemical Theatre |
| title_sort | dramatic battles in eighteenth century france philosophes anti philosophes and polemical theatre |
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