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Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment Ser.: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre : Colonial Traveller, Enlightenment Reformer, Celebrity Writer by Simon Davies (2021, Trade Paperback)

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Bernardin De Saint-Pierre : Colonial Traveller, Enlightenment Reformer, Celebrity Writer, Paperback by Davies, Simon, ISBN 1789622484, ISBN-13 9781789622485, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This study delves into the life and legacy of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, a writer and philosopher of 18th-century France who traveled widely, spoke out against slavery, and advocated for a national education system. After a biographical introduction, the study moves on to explore his publications, correspondence, and public presence. Material is grouped by themes in his writings on science, colonies, and education. Th also considers his place in the development of the celebrity culture of the period. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-101789622484

ISBN-139781789622485

eBay Product ID (ePID)22050393729

Product Key Features

Number of Pages372 Pages

Publication NameBernardin De Saint-Pierre : Colonial Traveller, Enlightenment Reformer, Celebrity Writer

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

SubjectModern / 18th Century

TypeTextbook

AuthorSimon Davies

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History

SeriesOxford University Studies in the Enlightenment Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-445181

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"[O]riginal and germane... explore[s] the splendeurs et misères of the authorial condition in the late eighteenth century." Robin Howells, Modern Language Review, '[O]riginal and germane... explore[s] the splendeurs et misères of the authorial condition in the late eighteenth century.' Robin Howells, Modern Language Review

Series Volume Number2021:01

Dewey Decimal848.509

SynopsisA major figure in late eighteenth-century France, the first scholarly editions of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's correspondence and Complete Works have revealed his under-researched importance and impact. In multi-generic works he treated science, the environment, colonialism, slavery, education and social reform. He was an influential celebrity for the powerful and the powerless., Although posterity has generally known Bernardin de Saint-Pierre for his bestselling Paul et Virginie , his output was encyclopaedic. Using new sources, this monograph explores the many facets of a celebrity writer in the Ancien Régime, the Revolution and the early nineteenth century. Bernardin attracted a readership to whom, irrespective of age, gender or social situation, he became a guide to living. He was nominated by Louis XVI to manage the Jardin des plantes , by Revolutionary bodies to teach at the École normale and to membership of the Institut. He deplored unquestioning adherence to Newtonian ideas, materialistic atheism and human misdeeds in what could be considered proto-ecological terms. He bemoaned analytical, reductionist approaches: his philosophy placed human beings at the centre of the universe and stressed the interconnectedness of cosmic harmony. Bernardin learned enormously from travel to Eastern Europe and the Indian Ocean. He attacked slavery, championed a national education system and advocated justice for authors. Fresh information and interpretation show that he belonged to neither the philosophe or anti-philosophe camp. A reformist, he envisioned a regenerated France as a nation of liberty offering asylum for refugees. This study demonstrates the range of thought and expression of an incontournable polymath in an age of transformation.

LC Classification NumberPQ2065