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Enlightened pleasures, eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism, Thomas M. Kavanagh

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Enlightened pleasures, eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism, Thomas M. Kavanagh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Enlightened pleasures

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

427438322

Responsibility statement

Thomas M. Kavanagh

Series statement

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Sub title

eighteenth-century France and the new epicureanism

Table Of Contents

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

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