New images of the natural in France : a study in European cultural history, 1750-1800 / D.G. Charlton.

Main entry:

Charlton, D. G. (Donald Geoffrey)

Title & Author:

New images of the natural in France : a study in European cultural history, 1750-1800 / D.G. Charlton.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Description:

ix, 254 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

The Gifford Lectures: 1982-1983

Notes:
"The Gifford lectures in the University of St. Andrews, 1982-1983."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Preface -- 1. Contrasts -- 2. Pastoral landscapes -- 3. Wild sublimity -- 4. Sciences of nature -- 5. Death and destruction -- 6. Transoceanic perspectives -- 7. Happy families: the age of innocence -- 8. Happy families: the new Eve -- 9. Town and country -- 10. Unfinished business.

Resources:
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521249406
9780521249409
0521270901 (pbk.)
9780521270908 (pbk.)

Subject:

Nature (Aesthetics)
French literature 18th century History and criticism.
Natural history France Historiography.
Nature in literature.
Literature french.
Civilization history
Littérature française 18e siècle Histoire et critique.
Nature (Esthétique)
Nature dans la littérature.
Sciences naturelles France Historiographie.
Civilization.
Civilization French influences.
French literature.
Natural history Historiography.
France Civilization 18th century.
Europe Civilization French influences.
Europe Civilization 18th century.
France Civilisation 18e siècle.
Europe Civilisation Influence française.
Europe Civilisation 18e siècle.
Europe.
France.
France Civilization 17th century.
French culture, 1750-1800

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Lectures.

Added entries:

Gifford lectures ; 1982-1983.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 114464
Call No.: ID:85-B18846
Status: Available

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