• Introduction: Republic of Letters and Enlightenment
• 1. Esprit Calvet
• 2. The intellectual milieu
• 3. The physician
• 4. The antiquarian
• 5. The natural historian
• 6. The bibliophile
• 7. The revolutionary climacteric
• 8. Conclusion: Enlightenment and Republic of Letters.
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Calvet's Web is a study of the correspondence network of an Avignon physician in the period 1750-1810. Esprit Calvet was an antiquarian, natural historian, and bibliophile, and was at the centre of a circle of like-minded intellectuals from various backgrounds, chiefly based in the Rhone valley. Laurence Brockliss explores for the first time in detail the intellectual interests and relationships of a representative sample of the French Republic of Letters. He traces the destruction of the Republic during the Revolution, and its reconstruction, in different guise, under Napoleon. Calvet's Web is an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of knowledge, the history of collecting, and the history of the book. In addition, by examining the circle's attitude to the philosophes and their programme of material and moral progress, it offers a new picture of the relationship between the Republic of Letters and the Enlightenment.
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IntroductionMapping the terrain: Symbolism in Vienna in the early 1890sForm and identity: Hofmannsthal and the Symbolist aesthetic'Symbolismus: Meine Definitionen': early poems and the presence of Stefan GeorgeThe consequences of Symbolism: hesitations, problems and a solutionTaking stock: 'Das Gesprach uber Gedichte'Postscript and conclusion: Hofmannsthal and RimbaudNotesTranslationsBiographical NotesBibliographyIndex.

• I. FLAUBERT AND THE IMAGE: A GENERAL VIEW
• II. A PICTORIAL EDUCATION: FLAUBERTS TRAVEL YEARS
• III. THE MATURE YEARS: THE ROLE OF THE PICTORIAL IN FLAUBERT'S MAJOR WORKS OF FICTION.
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This is the first book ever to be written about the relationship between Flauberts writing and pictorial art. Flauberts responses to a wide range of pictorial images, from classical to popular, were both powerful and ambivalent, with insights, in many instances, of an extraordinary modernity, and intuitions of an art of the future. This study traces the processes by which pictorial art penetrates the very fibre of Flauberts writing. Viewed by Flaubert as the sister art, pictorial art is for him both rival and foil. This study casts significant new light on the poetic system of a major writer, and adds a new dimension to the study of the literary and aesthetic sensibilities of the mid-nineteenth century.
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• Editorial foreword. Note on referencing system. Acknowledgements. Preface to the second edition. Map. Part One: The Background.
• 1. The Kingdom of France.
• 2. The government of the Kingdom. Part Two: Analysis.
• 3. The monarchs: Francis I and Henry II.
• 4. Foreign affairs.
• 5. The sinews of war.
• 6. The challenge of heresy.
• 7. The kings as patrons. Part Three: Assessment.
• 8. French renaissance monarchy: 'Popular' or 'absolute'? Part Four: Documents. Genealogy: the House of Valois. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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First published in 1984, Professor Knecht's study quickly established itself as the best short account of the period. The reigns of Francis I and Henry II, spanning the first half of the sixteenth century, are one of the most colourful and formative periods of French history. In addition to examining the nature and effectiveness of their reigns, Professor Knecht also examines their foreign policies which brought them into conflict with other major powers. For this new edition the author has added a new chapter on paatronage and the arts.
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