French Women and the Age of Enlightenment

French Women and the Age of Enlightenment
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 0253207258
ISBN-13 : 9780253207258
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Book Synopsis French Women and the Age of Enlightenment by : Samia I. Spencer

Download or read book French Women and the Age of Enlightenment written by Samia I. Spencer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1992-09-22 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The collection is more than the sum of its parts and it will be difficult even for men to look at the French Enlightenment and the French Revolution in quite the same way again." —London Review of Books " . . . a significant contribution to the general history of women. . . . an indispensable complement to our understanding of the eighteenth century." —Romance Quarterly


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