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

by Antoine Lilti

Book Overview

The world of the eighteenth-century salon has long been lauded as a meritocratic setting where writers, philosophers, and women created the Enlightenment. In The World of the Salons, historian Antoine Lilti proposes a fresh interpretation of salons in eighteenth-century Paris. Drawing on cultural history, social history, and the history of literature, he challenges the commonly accepted vision of salons as literary circles that were part of the Republic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197533604
• ISBN13: 9780197533604
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"