Changing minds : the shifting perception of culture in eighteenth-century France / John C. O'Neal.
| Author/creator | O'Neal, John C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©2002. |
| Description | 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The University of Delaware studies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art and culture University of Delaware Press studies in 17th- and 18th- century art and culture. ^A528509 |
| 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 Boullier 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. |
| LCCN | 2002022670 |
| ISBN | 0874137888 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B1925.E5 O545 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |