The unfinished Enlightenment
Subtitle: description in the age of the encyclopedia
By: Joanna Stalnaker.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801448645
Subjects: French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Description (Rhetoric) -- History -- 18th century; Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French -- History and criticism; Natural history -- France -- History -- 18th century; Enlightenment -- France; France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Buffon and Daubenton's two horses; title: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant; title: Diderot's word machine; title: Delille's little encyclopedia; title: Mercier's unframed Paris; title: Description in revolution; title: Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.