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Author Shelford, April.

Title Transforming the republic of letters : Pierre-Daniel Huet and European intellectual life, 1650-1720 / April G. Shelford
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Series Changing perspectives on early modern Europe
Changing perspectives on early modern Europe.
Contents ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: The Road to Parnassus, 1648�61""; ""Chapter 2: The Lives of Poems, 1653�63""; ""Chapter 3: The Empire of Women, 1651�89""; ""Chapter 4: The Gate of Ivory, 1646�90""; ""Chapter 5: Defending Parnassus, 1666�92""; ""CONCLUSION: A Dialogue with the Future""; ""NOTES""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""
Summary Early modern Europe's most extensive commonwealth -- the Republic of Letters -- could not be found on any map. This republic had patriotic citizens, but no army; it had its own language, but no frontiers. From its birth during the Renaissance, the Republi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index
Subject Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721
SUBJECT Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721
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Subject REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
Intellectual life
Geistesleben
Geistesgeschichte -- Europa -- Geschichte 17. Jh.
Geistesgeschichte -- Europa -- Geschichte 18. Jh.
Geistesleben.
SUBJECT Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045727
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045728
Subject Europe
Europa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781580466899
1580466893
1282080652
9781282080652