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Orientalism in Louis XIV's France / Nicholas Dew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dew, Nicholas.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbelot, Barthélemy d', 1625-1695.
- Herbelot, Barthélemy d'.
- Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620-1692.
- Thévenot, Melchisédec.
- Bernier, François, 1620-1688.
- Bernier, François.
- Orientalism--France--History--17th century.
- Orientalism.
- Middle East--Study and teaching--France--History--17th century.
- Middle East.
- Asia--Study and teaching--France--History--17th century.
- Asia.
- France--Intellectual life--17th century.
- France.
- France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Before the Enlightenment, and before the imperialism of the later eighteenth century, how did European readers find out about the varied cultures of Asia? Orientalism in Louis XIV's France presents a history of Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France, mapping the place within the intellectual culture of the period that was given to studies of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Chinese texts, as well as writings on Mughal India. The Orientalist writers studied hereproduced books that would become sources used throughout the eighteenth century. Nicholas Dew places these scholars in their own c
- Contents:
- Introduction: Baroque orientalism
- Barthelemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning
- "Toutes les curiosites du monde" : the geographic projects of Melchisedech Thevenot
- The double eclipse : Francois Bernier's geography of knowledge
- The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliotheque orientale
- Printing Confucius in Paris
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612348945
- 1-282-34894-9
- 0-19-157079-6
- OCLC:
- 480619805
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