Enlightened Pleasures by Thomas M Kavanagh

Enlightened Pleasures by Thomas M Kavanagh

Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century understood pleasure as a virtue - a gift to be shared with one's companion, with a reader, or with the public. This book overturns the prevailing scholarly tradition that views eighteenth-century France primarily as the incubator of the Revolution.

"Informed by rigorous and original philosophical interpretations yet written in a style that is incisive, fluid and swift, this book is exactly what a book on pleasure should be: it leaves us completely fulfilled yet asking for more"—Elena Russo, Johns Hopkins University -- Elena Russo
"Kavanagh makes a persuasive case for putting the literature and art of the Enlightenment in France in the context of Epicurean and Stoic philosophy."—Jay Caplan, Amherst College -- Jay Caplan
"Scholarly, challenging, and pleasant at the same time."—Pierre Saint-Amand, Eighteenth Century Fiction -- Pierre Saint-Amand * Eighteenth Century Fiction *

Thomas M. Kavanagh, the Augustus R. Street Professor of French and department chair at Yale University, is the author of Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture. He lives in Woodbridge, CT.

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ISBN 13	9780300140941
ISBN 10	0300140940
Title	Enlightened Pleasures
Author	Thomas M Kavanagh
Series	The Lewis Walpole Series In Eighteenth-Century Culture And History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2010-03-16
Number of pages	264
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