1st Edition
Montesquieu and England Enlightened Exchanges, 1689–1755
By Ursula Haskins Gonthier
Copyright 2010
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Gonthier sets Montesquieu's work in the context of early eighteenth-century Anglo-French relations, taking a comparative approach to show how Montesquieu's engagement with English thought and writing persisted throughout his writing career.
Introduction: Anglo-French Relations in the Early Enlightenment; Chapter 1 Importing Good Sense: Lettres Persanes (1721); Chapter 2 In Search of Enlightenment: Voyages en Europe (1728–31); Chapter 3 Reconsidering Rome: Considérations Sur Les… Romains (1734); Chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Constitutionalism: L’esprit Des Lois (1748); Chapter 5 Aesthetic Allegiances: Essai Sur Le Goût (c. 1753–5); conclusion Conclusion: Spheres of Influence;
Biography
Ursula Haskins Gonthier