Orientalism in Louis XIV's France / Nicholas Dew.

Main entry:

Dew, Nicholas.

Title & Author:

Orientalism in Louis XIV's France / Nicholas Dew.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Description:

xv, 301 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Baroque orientalism -- Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning -- "Toutes les curiosités du monde" : the geographic projects of Melchisédech Thévenot -- The double eclipse : François Bernier's geography of knowledge -- The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale -- Printing Confucius in Paris -- Epilogue.
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Summary:

"Before the Enlightenment, and before the imperialism of the later eighteenth century, how did European readers find out about the varied cultures of Asia? Orientalism in Louis XIV's France presents a history of Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France, mapping the place within the intellectual culture of the period that was given to studies of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Chinese texts, as well as writings on Mughal India. The Orientalist writers studied here produced books that would become sources used throughout the eighteenth century. Nicholas Dew places these scholars in their own context as members of the 'republic of letters' in the age of the scientific revolution and the early Enlightenment." --Book Jacket.

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ISBN:

9780199234844 (acid-free paper)
0199234841 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Herbelot, Barthélemy d', 1625-1695.
Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620-1692.
Bernier, François, 1620-1688.
Herbelot de Molainville, Barthélemy d', 1625-1695.
Thévenot, Melchisédech, ca1620-1692.
Orientalism France History 17th century.
Orientalisme France Histoire 17e siècle.
15.70 history of Europe.
02.01 history of science and culture.
Intellectual life.
Orientalism.
Education.
Orientalismus
Orient
Literatur
Orientalistics.
Orientalism historia Frankrike 1600-talet.
Middle East Study and teaching France History 17th century.
Asia Study and teaching France History 17th century.
France Intellectual life 17th century.
France History Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
Moyen-Orient Étude et enseignement France Histoire 17e siècle.
Asie Étude et enseignement France Histoire 17e siècle.
France Vie intellectuelle 17e siècle.
Asia.
France.
Middle East.
Frankreich
Orient <Motiv>

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History.

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Oxford historical monographs.

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Location: Library main 268896
Call No.: BIB 200773
Status: Available

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