The Bad Taste of Others: Judging Literary Value in Eighteenth-Century France - Jennifer Tsien - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9780812243598 - October 20, 2011
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The Bad Taste of Others: Judging Literary Value in Eighteenth-Century France


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Faced with the potential chaos of an expanding literary market Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and other Enlightenment writers used the damning label of "bad taste" in order to claim the authority to shape the French literary heritage in their image.


280 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 20, 2011
ISBN13 9780812243598
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 280
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 30 mm   ·   476 g
Language English  

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