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100 1 Kavanagh, Thomas M.
245 10 Enlightened pleasures :|beighteenth-century France and the
new epicureanism /|cThomas M. Kavanagh.
260 New Haven, Conn. :|bYale University Press :|bAnnie Burr
Lewis Fund,|cc2010.
300 254 p. :|bill. ;|c25 cm.
490 1 The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and
history
505 0 Introduction: A new epicureanism -- The pleasures of
failure : Jourdan's Le guerrier philosophe -- Mirroring
pleasure : La Morlière's Angola -- Life-writing as
Epicurean allegory : Thérèse philosophe -- The esthetics
of pleasure : Du Bos and Boucher -- Rousseau's Eudemony of
liberty -- Laclos' Anthropology of pleasure -- Recasting
the Epicurean novel : Mirabeau's La morale des sens --
Theaters of pleasure -- Conclusion: From pleasure to
happiness.
520 "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. In this daring new book, Thomas Kavanagh overturns
the prevailing scholarly tradition that views eighteenth-
century France primarily as the incubator of the
Revolution. Instead, Kavanagh demonstrates how the art and
literature of the era put the experience of pleasure at
the center of the cultural agenda, leading to advances in
both ethics and aesthetics."--Publisher's description.
650 0 Philosophy, French|y18th century.
650 0 Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
650 0 Pleasure.
650 0 French literature|y18th century|xHistory and criticism.
651 0 France|xIntellectual life|y18th century.
651 0 France|xCivilization|xGreek influences.
830 0 Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and
history.
