Stalnaker, Joanna.
The unfinished Enlightenment description in the age of the encyclopedia / [electronic resource] : Joanna Stalnaker. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010. - xvi, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Buffon and Daubenton's two horses -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant -- Diderot's word machine -- Delille's little encyclopedia -- Mercier's unframed Paris -- Description in revolution -- Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
French literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Description (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French--History and criticism.
Natural history--History--France--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
PQ265 / .S72 2010eb
840.9/005
The unfinished Enlightenment description in the age of the encyclopedia / [electronic resource] : Joanna Stalnaker. - Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010. - xvi, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Buffon and Daubenton's two horses -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant -- Diderot's word machine -- Delille's little encyclopedia -- Mercier's unframed Paris -- Description in revolution -- Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
French literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Description (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French--History and criticism.
Natural history--History--France--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
Electronic books.
PQ265 / .S72 2010eb
840.9/005