The World of the Salons

The World of the Salons
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9780199772346
ISBN-13 : 0199772347
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Book Synopsis The World of the Salons by : Antoine Lilti

Download or read book The World of the Salons written by Antoine Lilti and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of the Salons is a revisionist study of the French salon of the eighteenth century, arguing that it was a place governed by social hierarchy, not equality, connected to the world of the Court, and not the fount of the Enlightenment as has traditionally been believed.


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