The Lewis Walpole Eighteenth-Century Culture and History

Eighteenth-Century France and the New Epicureanism

By: Thomas M. Kavanagh

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Hardcover | 1 March 2010 | Edition Number 1

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Novelists, artists, and philosophers of the eighteenth century understood pleasure as a virtue--a gift to be shared with one's companion, with a reader, or with the public. In this daring new book, Thomas Kavanagh overturns the prevailing scholarly tradition that views eighteenth-century France primarily as the incubator of the Revolution. Instead, Kavanagh demonstrates how the art and literature of the era put the experience of pleasure at the center of the cultural agenda, leading to advances in both ethics and aesthetics.
Kavanagh shows that pleasure is not necessarily hedonistic or opposed to Enlightenment ideals in general; rather, he argues that the pleasure of individuals is necessary for the welfare of their community.

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"Informed by rigorous and original philosophical interpretations yet written in a style that is incisive, fluid and swift, this book is exactly what a book on pleasure should be: it leaves us completely fulfilled yet asking for more."-Elena Russo, Johns Hopkins University -- Elena Russo
"Kavanagh makes a persuasive case for putting the literature and art of the Enlightenment in France in the context of Epicurean and Stoic philosophy."-Jay Caplan, Amherst College -- Jay Caplan
"Scholarly, challenging, and pleasant at the same time."-Pierre Saint-Amand, Eighteenth Century Fiction -- Pierre Saint-Amand * Eighteenth Century Fiction *

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Introduction: A New Epicureanism	p. 1
The Pleasures of Failure: Jourdan's Le Guerrier philosophe	p. 10
Mirroring Pleasure: La Morlière's Angola	p. 31
Life-Writing as Epicurean Allegory: Thérèse philosophe	p. 52
The Esthetics of Pleasure: Du Bos and Boucher	p. 71
Rousseau's Eudemony of Liberty	p. 103
Laclos' Anthropology of Pleasure	p. 128
Recasting the Epicurean Novel: Mirabeau's La Morale des sens	p. 149
Theaters of Pleasure	p. 171
Conclusion: From Pleasure to Happiness	p. 207
Notes	p. 219
Illustration Credits	p. 243
Index	p. 245
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The Lewis Walpole Eighteenth-Century Culture and History

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