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Enlightened pleasures : eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism

Kavanagh, Thomas M

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\"Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century understood pleasure as a virtue - a gift to be shared with one's companion, with a reader, or with the public. In this daring new book, Thomas Kavanagh overturns the prevailing scholarly tradition that views eighteenth-century France primarily as the incubator of the Revolution. Instead, Kavanagh demonstrates how the art and literature of the era put the experience of pleasure at the center of the cultural agenda, leading to advances in both ethics and aesthetics.\"--Publisher's description.

• Publisher: Yale University Press : Annie Burr Lewis Fund
• Subject: Philosophy, French 18th century. / Epicureans (Greek philosophy) / Pleasure. / French literature 18th century History and criticism. / France Intellectual life 18th century. / France Civilization Greek influences.
• ISBN: 9780300140941, 0300140940

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DC133.8.K38 2010	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE