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Author Craveri, Benedetta, 1942-

Title The age of conversation / by Benedetta Craveri ; translated by Teresa Waugh.

Publication Info. New York : New York Review Books, [2005]
©2005
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 Moore Stacks  DC121.7 .C73 2005    Available  ---
Description xv, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-446) and index.
Contents A way of life -- Daughters of Eve -- The blue room -- Vincent Voiture: the Âme du rond -- La guirlande de Julie -- Madame de Longueville: a perfect transformation -- The Duchesse de Montbazon and the reformer of La Trappe -- The Marquise de Sablé: the salon in the convent -- La grande mademoiselle -- Madame de Sévigné and Madame de Lafayette: a lasting friendship -- Madame de la Sablière: pure sentiment -- Madame de Maintenon and Ninon de Lenclos: the importance of reputation -- L'espiret de société -- The Marquise de Lambert: the ideal of the honnête femme -- Madame de Tencin: the enlightenment adventuress -- Emulation -- The age of conversation.
Subject Women intellectuals -- France -- History.
Women intellectuals.
France.
History.
France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Salons -- France -- History -- 17th century.
Salons.
Salons -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Added Author Waugh, Teresa.
Added Title Civiltà della conversazione. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005007618
ISBN 1590171411 alkaline paper

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