Voltaire; Religion and ideology; Women’s studies; History of the book; Passion in the eighteenth century

Volume: 2001:12

Series: SVEC

Volume Editors: Anthony Strugnell

Series Collaborators: Guillaume Ansart, Indiana University; Sandrine Aragon, Université de Brest; Katherine Astbury, University of Warwick; W.H. Barber, Voltaire Foundation; Pierre Berthiaume, University of Ottawa; Yvonne Bolton, University of Birmingham; Joseph M. Donohue, St. Anne’s College, Oxford; Miriam Ebel-Davenport, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; Claudette Fortuny, Centre d’Etude du XVIIe siècle, CNRS-Montpellier; C. Fourny, University of Nottingham; Flore Galtayries, Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV); Madelyn Gutwirth, University of Pennsylvania; Oscar Kenshur, Indiana University; Florence Magnot, Université de Paris-Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris III); Ioana Galleron Marasescu, Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers; Catherine R. Montfort, Santa Clara University; Edward Nye, Lincoln College, Oxford; Dominique Orsini, Université de Paris-Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris III); Melissa Percival, University of Exeter; Siofra Pierse, University College, Dublin; Jeffrey S. Ravel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elena Russo, John Hopkins University; Guido Santato, Università di Padova; Jørn Schøsler, Syddansk Universitet, Odense; Charlotte Simonin, Université de Nantes; Philip Stewart, Duke University; Fabrice Teulon, Viriginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mary Trouille, Illinois State University; Caroline Warman, De Montfort University

Publication Date: 2001

Pages: 494

ISBN: 978-0-7294-0785-4

Price: £75

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Voltaire
W.H.Barber Voltaire after Besterman
Guido Santato Le Contre Voltaire d’Alfieri
Religion and ideology
Guillaume Ansart Jansenist themes and influences in Prévost
Pierre Berthaume Exercices spirituelles et quiétisme dans Les Confessions de comte de *** de Duclos
Oscar Kenshur Moral rationalism and sexual prohibition in the Lettres persanes
Jorn Schosler Sensualisme et apologétique: le ‘sourd et muet de Chartres’
Fabrice Teulon Fiasco théorique de l’idvalogie chez Destutt de Tracy
Women’s studies
Madelyn Gutwirth The ‘Genève’ quarrel and Enlightenment discourse on women
Catherine R. Montfort Mme de Sévigné and the Jesuit in the siècle des Lumières
Elena Russo From précieuse to mother figure: the eighteenth-century salonnière
Philip Stewart and MIRIAM EBEL-DAVENPORT Dossier Claude Crébillon – Henriette Marie Stafford
Mary Trouille Conflicting views of marriage and spousal abuse in the pre-Revolutionary France
History of he book
Claudette Fortuny Contrefaçons de la 3e édition de l’Histoire des deux Indes
Jefrey S.Ravel Quantitative approaches to play publication
Passion
Edward Nye Introduction
Dominique Orsini Histoire de la jeunesse du commandeur de Prévost
Flore Galtayries Images de la passion dans le Doyen de Killerine de Prévost
Florence Magnot Discours sur la passion dans Les Mémoires d’un homme de qualité
Caroline Warman Mechanism of the passions in eighteenth-century French thought
C.Fourny The nuances of passion in Crébillon’s Les Heureux Orphelins
Ioana Galleron Marasescu La passion, l’evidence et la certitude dans Ah, quel conte! de Crébillon fils
Joseph M. Donohue The paradox of passion in the abbé Du Bos’s Reflexions critiques
Katherine Astbury Baculard d’Arnaud’s Epreuves du sentiment
Melissa Percival The expressive head in French painting
Sandrine Aragon Lecture féminine et passion dans la littérature française (1730-1860)
Siofra Pierse Rousseau and Voltaire on the science and the arts
Yvon Bolton The pathology of passion in Diderot’s Encyclopédie
Charlotte Simonin Mme de Graffigny et Les Saturnales