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French literature, Civilization, Influence, History and criticism, Diderot, denis, 1713-1784, French literature, history and criticism, 18th century, Europe, civilization, history, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Intellectual life, HistoryPeople
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Table of Contents
Introduction -- Anthony Strugnell and -- Frédéric Ogée -- I.
The non-European other.
Talking jewels and other oriental seductions -- Srinivas Aravamudan ;
Diderot and the Encyclopédie's construction of the black African -- Andrew Curran -- II.
The European experience.
Diderot et la Russie: colonisation et civilisation, projets et expérience directe -- Gianluigi Goggi ;
La statue du bon despote: Diderot et la figure de Pierre le Grand -- Colas Duflo ;
Un voyage manqué: Diderot, Grimm et le mythe de Venise -- Girolamo Imbruglia ;
An island race: Diderot's deconstruction of English history -- Anthony Strugnell -- III.
Translating English thought.
Diderot and Richardson -- Frédéric Ogée ;
Around 1740: Diderot and the subject of translation -- Julie Candler Hayes ;
Diderot, the European underground and English radical thought: filling out the gaps -- Marian Hobson ;
Diderot and the Enlightenment's poetics of confusion in the Lettre sur les aveugles -- John O'Neal -- IV.
Constructing "Diderot."
Hobbes and Hume: determining voices in Jacques le fataliste et son maître -- Nicholas Cronk ;
Diderot and the culture of belatedness -- Daniel Brewer ;
Comment (ne pas) hériter de Diderot?-- Jean-Claude Bourdin.
Edition Notes
"This volume of essays originated in papers given at a colloquium of the same name held in 2002 at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA."--Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-242) and index.
Articles and summaries in English and French.
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