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Yale French Studies, Number 92

Exploring the Conversible World: Text and Sociability from the Classical Age to the Enlightenment

Yale French Studies, Number 92( )
Editor: Russo, Elena
Series title:Yale French Studies Ser.
ISBN:978-0-300-07329-4
Publication Date:Sep 1997
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.95
Book Description:

In a famous essay, David Hume located the Republic of Letters in the domain of the "conversible," that is, in the space of sociability, conversation, and the observation of common life. The present volume explores the discourse and the practice of sociability in preRevolutionary France from an interdisciplinary standpoint, at the intersection of cultural history, philosophy, and literary criticism. The essays cover issues as diverse as the interaction between the ethical domain of...
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Book Details
Pages:212
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.55 x 2.32 x 0.15 cm
Book Weight:0.309 Kilograms



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