Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

Author(s)

• Delon, Michel

Bibliographic Information

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

editor, Michel Delon ; adviser to the English-language edition, Philip Stewart ; translation editor, Gwen Wells

F. Dearborn, 2001

• v. 1
• v. 2

Other Title

Dictionnaire européen des Lumières

Note

v. 1. A-L -- v. 2. M-Z

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This acclaimed translation of Michel Delon's Dictionnaire Europen des Lumires contains more than 350 signed entries covering the art, economics, science, history, philosophy, and religion of the Enlightenment. Delon's team of more than 200 experts from around the world offers a unique perspective on the period, providing offering not only factual information but also critical opinions that give the reader a deeper level of understanding. An international team of translators, editors, and advisers, under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture, has brought this collection of scholarship to the English-speaking world for the first time.

Table of Contents

Preface to the French Edition, Preface to the English Edition, Note on Usage and Style, Contributors, Translators, Translation Reviewers, Copy Editors, Acknowledgments, General Bibliography, List of Entries, Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, A-L, Index

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Details

• NCID: BA54498306
• ISBN:
  • 157958246X
  • 157958246X
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xxx, 1481 p.)
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 940.2503
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Enlightenment -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : Europe -- Civilization -- 18th century -- Encyclopedias