The Enlightenment in practice : academic prize contests and intellectual culture in France, 1670-1794 / Jeremy L. Caradonna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caradonna, Jeremy L., 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary prizes.

History.

Literature--Competitions.

France--Intellectual life--17th century.

France.

Intellectual life.

France--Intellectual life--18th century.

Literature--Competitions--France--History--17th century.

Literature.

Literature--Competitions--France--History--18th century.

Literary prizes--France--History--17th century.

Literary prizes--France--History--18th century.

Enlightenment--France.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

ix, 333 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Caradonna (history, U. of Alberta) seeks to broaden the view of French essay contests beyond the highly fictionalized account of Rousseau on the road to Vincennes, to include the many other scholars whose literary careers began when they entered and won a contest. His perspectives include cultural politics and the domestication of letters in the age of Louis XIV, the participatory enlightenment, Rousseau's first discourse from the perspective of the Concours Académique, and the decline and regeneration of prize contests in the revolutionary crucible. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The rebirth of the concours académique : cultural politics and the domestication of letters in the age of Louis XIV

À la recherche du concours académique

The participatory Enlightenment

Dijon revisited : Rousseau's first discourse from the perspective of the concours académique

The concours académique, political culture, and the formation of the critical public sphere

The practical Enlightenment : the concours académique, the state, and the pursuit of expertise

Prize contests in the revolutionary crucible : decline and regeneration

Conclusion : the Enlightenment in question.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801450600

0801450608

OCLC:

752910614