Enlightened pleasures : eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism

Title
  1. Enlightened pleasures : eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism / Thomas M. Kavanagh.
Published by
  1. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press : Annie Burr Lewis Fund, c2010.
Author
  1. Kavanagh, Thomas M.

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Description
  1. 254 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Uniform title
  1. Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Subject
  1. France > Civilization > Greek influences
  2. French literature > 18th century > History and criticism
  3. France > Intellectual life > 18th century
  4. Philosophy, French > 18th century
  5. Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
  6. Pleasure
Contents
  1. Introduction: A new epicureanism -- The pleasures of failure : Jourdan's Le guerrier philosophe -- Mirroring pleasure : La Morlière's Angola -- Life-writing as Epicurean allegory : Thérèse philosophe -- The esthetics of pleasure : Du Bos and Boucher -- Rousseau's Eudemony of liberty -- Laclos' Anthropology of pleasure -- Recasting the Epicurean novel : Mirabeau's La morale des sens -- Theaters of pleasure -- Conclusion: From pleasure to happiness.
Call number
  1. JFE 10-2257
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Kavanagh, Thomas M.
Title
  1. Enlightened pleasures : eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism / Thomas M. Kavanagh.
Imprint
  1. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press : Annie Burr Lewis Fund, c2010.
Series
  1. The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
  2. Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2009027231
ISBN
  1. 9780300140941 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0300140940 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 10-2257
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