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Author Stalnaker, Joanna.

Title The unfinished Enlightenment [electronic resource] : description in the age of the encyclopedia / Joanna Stalnaker.

Imprint Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xvi, 240 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Contents Buffon and Daubenton's two horses -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant -- Diderot's word machine -- Delille's little encyclopedia -- Mercier's unframed Paris -- Description in revolution -- Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Description (Rhetoric) -- History -- 18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French -- History and criticism.
Natural history -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Enlightenment -- France.
France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801448645 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801462344 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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