The fiction of enlightenment : women of reason in the French eighteenth century / Heidi Bostic.

The fiction of enlightenment : women of reason in the French eighteenth century /

"This book argues that women authors of the French eighteenth century claimed reason and contributed to Enlightenment. It begins by framing the Enlightenment as fiction, in two senses: first, what passes under the name of Enlightenment in much current critical discourse is a fiction, or a caric...

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Main Author: Bostic, Heidi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Grafigny, > Mme de > (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), > 1695-1758 > Criticism and interpretation.
Riccoboni, Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières, > 1713-1792 > Criticism and interpretation.
Charrière, Isabelle de, > 1740-1805 > Criticism and interpretation.
French fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
French fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Reason in literature.
Women and literature > France > History > 18th century.
Women > France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
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