Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, 2
Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Catalogue of the books belonging to the Loganian library
Author: Library company of Philadelphia Loganian libr
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Les Aventures de Télémaque, Fils D'Ulysse
Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, 1
Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
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Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Enchanted Islands
Author: Mary D. Sheriff
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648324X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the ancien regime as they appeared in royal ballets and festivals, epic literature, paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and other objects. Some of the islands were mythical and found in the most popular literary texts of the day—islands featured prominently, for instance, in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso,Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, and Fénelon’s, Telemachus. Other islands—real ones, such as Tahiti and St. Domingue—the French learned about from the writings of travelers and colonists. All of them were imagined to be the home of enchantresses who used magic to conquer heroes by promising sensual and sexual pleasure. As Sheriff shows, the theme of the enchanted island was put to many uses. Kings deployed enchanted-island mythology to strengthen monarchical authority, as Louis XIV did in his famous Versailles festival Les Plaisirs de l’île enchantée. Writers such as Fénelon used it to tell morality tales that taught virtue, duty, and the need for male strength to triumph over female weakness and seduction. Yet at the same time, artists like Boucher painted enchanted islands to portray art’s purpose as the giving of pleasure. In all these ways and more, Sheriff demonstrates for the first time the centrality of enchanted islands to ancient regime culture in a book that will enchant all readers interested in the art, literature, and history of the time.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022648324X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the ancien regime as they appeared in royal ballets and festivals, epic literature, paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and other objects. Some of the islands were mythical and found in the most popular literary texts of the day—islands featured prominently, for instance, in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso,Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, and Fénelon’s, Telemachus. Other islands—real ones, such as Tahiti and St. Domingue—the French learned about from the writings of travelers and colonists. All of them were imagined to be the home of enchantresses who used magic to conquer heroes by promising sensual and sexual pleasure. As Sheriff shows, the theme of the enchanted island was put to many uses. Kings deployed enchanted-island mythology to strengthen monarchical authority, as Louis XIV did in his famous Versailles festival Les Plaisirs de l’île enchantée. Writers such as Fénelon used it to tell morality tales that taught virtue, duty, and the need for male strength to triumph over female weakness and seduction. Yet at the same time, artists like Boucher painted enchanted islands to portray art’s purpose as the giving of pleasure. In all these ways and more, Sheriff demonstrates for the first time the centrality of enchanted islands to ancient regime culture in a book that will enchant all readers interested in the art, literature, and history of the time.
Katalog der Privat-Bibliothek seiner Majestät des Königs von Hannover. [With] Nachtrags-Katalog
Author: L. Nolte
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Catalogue of the books belonging to the Loganian Library: to which is prefixed, a short account of the Institution, with the law for annexing the said Library to that belonging to “The Library Company of Philadelphia,” and the Rules ... of conducting the same
Author: Loganian Library (PHILADELPHIA)
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Loganian Library
Author: Loganian Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books
Author: J. Lewine
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.