L’Homme-clavecin, une analogie diderotienne

by Philippe Sarrasin Robichaud

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Extent: 192 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: L'Europe des Lumieres

Series volume number: 55

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 2018)

ISBN: 9782406074434

Price: $41.00

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This study maps out various instances of the homme-clavecin (harpsichord-man) trope in works by Denis Diderot and his contemporaries. The analogy is at the confluence of debates about language, physiology, and music; it illuminates a heuristic approach straight out of Enlightenment discourse.

  • By (author) Philippe Sarrasin Robichaud