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Ireland and the French Enlightenment, 1700-1800

Gargett, Graham(Edited by)Sheridan, Geraldine(Edited by)
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By what channels did the French Enlightenment reach the 18th-century Irish reader, and what impact did it have?

What were the images of Ireland current in the France of the philosophers like Voltaire?

These are the questions which a team of scholars attempt to answer in this volume.

As well as focusing on the reception of specific writers in Ireland, the book considers broader areas like the Irish theatre, literacy in French and the availability of French books.

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Palgrave Macmillan
033364638X / 9780333646380
Hardback
08/02/1999
United Kingdom
English
xvii, 293p.
23 cm
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