Divining Nature: Aesthetics of Enchantment in Enlightenment France
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stanford university press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cuillé, Tili Boon, author.
Title: Divining nature : aesthetics of enchantment in Enlightenment France /
Tili Boon Cuillé.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2020019958 (print) | lccn 2020019959 (ebook) |
isbn 9781503613362 (cloth) | isbn 9781503614178 (epub)
Subjects: lcsh: Science and the arts—France—History—18th century. |
Art and natural history—France—History—18th century. | Philosophy of
nature—France—History—18th century. | Natural history literature—
France—History—18th century. | Nature in literature—History—
18th century. | Arts, French—18th century—Themes, motives. |
Enlightenment—France.
Classification: lcc nx180.S3 C85 2020 (print) | lcc nx180.S3 (ebook) |
ddc 700.1/08094409033—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020019958
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020019959
Cover design: Kevin Barrett Kane
Cover art: Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), A Storm on a Mediterranean
Coast. 1767. Oil on canvas, 113 x 145.7 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los
Angeles. Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program.
Typeset by Newgen in Galliard Pro 10/15
The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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