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New Images of the Natural in France: A Study in European Cultural History 1750 1800

New Images of the Natural in France: A Study in European Cultural History 1750 1800

Charlton, D. G.

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Paperback Library

Literary CriticismFrench History

ISBN10: 0521270901
ISBN13: 9780521270908
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 6 1984
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The latter half of the eighteenth century saw radical changes in the way nature - both external and human nature - was perceived. It is these new perceptions, these new images of the 'the natural' that this book examines: new appreciations of the 'sublime' wildness of landscape; new revelations by the life sciences of natural creative fecundity; new assertions of the innocence of 'natural man', as illustrated by the noble savage, the contented peasant, the happy family; a new sense of harmony between man and nature, reflected in changing moral, psychological, economic, and religious attitudes. Professor Charlton concentrates on French examples, for in France the contrast between old and new views was particularly vivid; but there are also numerous comparisons with England and other European countries, making this a major study in the cultural history of Europe at an especially crucial time for the formation of many of our modem assumptions about man and nature.

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