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Divining nature aesthetics of enchantment in Enlightenment France

Title
Divining nature [electronic resource] : aesthetics of enchantment in Enlightenment France / Tili Boon Cuillé.
Author
Cuillé, Tili Boon.
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020.

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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"--
Uniform Title
Divining nature (Online)
Alternative Title
Divining nature (Online)
Subject
  • Science and the arts > France > History > 18th century
  • Art and natural history > France > History > 18th century
  • Philosophy of nature > France > History > 18th century
  • Natural history literature > France > History > 18th century
  • Nature in literature > History > 18th century
  • Arts, French > 18th century > Themes, motives
  • Enlightenment > France
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
LCCN
2020019959
OCLC
ssj0002432645
Author
Cuillé, Tili Boon.
Title
Divining nature [electronic resource] : aesthetics of enchantment in Enlightenment France / Tili Boon Cuillé.
Imprint
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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Print version: Cuillé, Tili Boon. Divining nature Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. 9781503613362 (DLC) 2020019958
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