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1 online resource (xiii, 333 pages) : illustrations |
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Eighteenth century |
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Enlightenment |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the spectacle of nature -- The marvels of nature in Buffon and Rameau -- The philosophy of nature in Diderot and Rousseau -- The harmony of nature in Paul et Virginie -- The poetics of nature in Ossian and Staël -- Epilogue : a theater of enchantment. |
| Summary |
"Divining Nature traces the philosophical, aesthetic, and affective responses to the "spectacle of nature" across the arts and sciences in eighteenth-century France to uncover the preservation and proliferation of wonder in the age of reason"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
Tili Boon Cuillé is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of Narrative Interludes: Musical Tableaux in Eighteenth-Century French Texts (2006). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science and the arts -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Science and the arts. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Art and natural history -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Art and natural history. |
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Philosophy of nature -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Philosophy of nature. |
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Natural history literature -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Natural history literature. |
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Nature in literature -- History -- 18th century.
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Nature in literature. |
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Arts, French -- 18th century -- Themes, motives.
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Arts, French. |
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Themes, motives. |
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Enlightenment -- France.
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Enlightenment. |
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Arts, French -- Themes, motives. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cuillé, Tili Boon. Divining nature. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021] 9781503613362 (DLC) 2020019958 (OCoLC)1138513024 |
| ISBN |
9781503614178 electronic book |
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1503614174 electronic book |
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9781503613362 hardcover |
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