Changing minds the shifting perception of culture in eighteenth-century France / John C. O'Neal.
| Author/creator | O'Neal, John C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newark : University of Delaware ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, |
| Description | 273 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | The University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture |
| Contents | Nature's culture in Du Bos' Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture -- Perceptual dimensions of French culture in Voltaire's historical writings -- The evolution of the notion of experience in the writings of Bouillier and Condillac on the question of animal souls -- The effects of climate on a nation's culture in Montesquieu's L'esprit des lois -- Myth, language, and perception in Rousseau's Narcisse -- Rousseau's theory of wealth and revolutionary zeal -- Auenbrugger, Corvisart, and the perception of disease. |
| General note | Chiefly a collection of previously published essays, articles, etc., one of which was originally published in French. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002022670 |
| ISBN | 0874137888 |