| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 414 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles |
| Series |
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 313 |
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Dictionary of literary biography (Online)
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 313
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| Contents |
Charlotte-Elisabeth Aisse (1694?-1733) -- Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) -- Charles Batteux (1713-1780) -- Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) -- Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) -- Mme de Beaumer (?-1766) -- Francoise-Albine Puzin de La Martiniere Benoist (1731-circa 1809) -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) -- George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788) -- Marthe-Marguerite de Caylus (1671-1729) -- Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort (1740?-1794) -- Isabelle de Charriere (1740-1805) -- Gabrielle-Emilie Du Chatelet (1706-1749) -- Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714-1780) -- Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) -- Sophie Cottin (1770-1807) -- Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon pere (1674-1762) -- Anne Le Fevre Dacier (1647-1720) -- Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise Du Deffand (1696-1780) -- Denis Diderot (1713-1784) -- Anne-Marie Du Boccage (1710-1802) -- Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours (1730-1817) -- Louise d'Epinay (Louise-Florence-Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles, marquise d'Epinay) (1726-1783) -- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) -- Elie Catherine Freron (1718-1776) -- Stephanie-Felicite Ducrest, comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830) -- Madeleine-Angelique Poisson de Gomez (1684-1770) -- Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) -- Francoise d'Issembourg de Graffigny (1695-1758) -- Frederic Melchior Grunn (1723-1807) -- Claude-Adrien Helvetius (1715-1771) -- Paul-Henri Thiry, baron d'Holback (1723-1789) -- Louise-Felicite de Keralio-Robert (1758-1822) -- Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chausse (1692-1754) -- Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803) -- Jean-Francois de La Harpe (1739-1803) -- Anne-Therese de Lambert (Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert) (1647-1733) -- Julien Offroy de La Mettrie (1709-1751) -- Alain-Rene Lesage (1668-1747) -- Julie de Lespinasse (1732-1776) -- Marie-Charlotte-Pauline Robert de Lezardiere (1754-1835) |
| Summary |
Presents career biographies and criticism of writers during the time of the French Enlightenment. Many of these writings address philosophical and social topics |
| Notes |
"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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French literature -- 18th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries
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French literature -- 18th century -- Dictionaries
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Authors, French.
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French literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Bio-bibliography.
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Biographies.
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Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spencer, Samia I., 1943-
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Gale Research Inc
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