The World of the Salons: Sociability and Worldliness in Eighteenth-Century Paris 0197533604, 9780197533604

The world of the eighteenth-century salon has long been lauded as a meritocratic setting where writers, philosophers, an

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The World of the Salons: Sociability and Worldliness in Eighteenth-Century Paris
0197533604, 9780197533604

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The world of the eighteenth-century salon has long been lauded as a meritocratic setting where writers, philosophers, an

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Challenging many of the conclusions of recent historiography, including the depiction of salonnières as influential powe

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Among the most enduring of French cultural institutions, the salon, is among the most misunderstood. Seen primarily as a

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