Ireland and the French Enlightenment, 1700-1800
By Unknown Author.
Description
While the editors acknowledge that the notion of the French Enlightenment having reached Ireland may raise some eyebrows, nine contributors demonstrate that this fact is far from farfetched. They examine the literary, scientific, and ecclesiastical diffusion channels; the impact of Enlightenment philosophies; and the prevailing images of Ireland in the popular and learned French mind. Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire react to, and are reacted to by, the Irish. Appends a semi-annotated bibliography of literary review magazines and Enlightenment-related books and translations printed in Ir...
ISBN(s)
0312220308, 9780312220303
