LEADER 04385oam 22005892 450 001 9910154315303321 005 20230807214529.0 035 $a(CKB)3790000000010082 035 $a(PromptCat)40024528222 035 $a(MH)014297623-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000010082 100 $a20140422d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe world of the salons $esociability and worldliness in eighteenth-century Paris /$fAntoine Lilti ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 $a0-19-977234-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I. From the salon to the world : sociability and distinction -- Sociability and hospitality -- The worldly sphere -- Men of letters and worldliness -- Part II. News and opinion : the politics of high society -- Word games : literature and sociability -- Society's judgment and worldly opinion -- Politics in the salon -- Appendix. 330 2 $a"The world of the 18th century salon has long been lauded as a meritocratic setting where writers, philosophers, and women created the Enlightenment. Based on a thorough study of archival sources and using methodology derived from cultural history, social history, and the history of literature, The World of Salons proposes a completely new reading of salons' sociability in eighteenth-century Paris. It challenges the commonly accepted vision of salons as literary circles that were part of the Republic of Letters. It argues, instead, that salons were institutions of worldly sociability, had helped shape 'the world' (le monde) and high society. They have been essential places where the aristocratic elites of the capital met and interacted with literary figures. These interactions based on the mastery of the codes of polite conversation but also on the circulation of news and of personal reputations are the subject of this book. The World of the Salon looks at the way in which eighteenth-century social elites redefined themselves through their practices of worldly sociability. It highlights why some men of letters of the Enlightenment attended the salons. Moving from the salons to worldliness permits taking on some broader debates as well. What relations did worldly sociability maintain with the public sphere? How did the Parisian nobility use the idea of worldly merit and the figure of the man of the world (homme du monde) to preserve its social preeminence? Was the new political culture characterized by an appeal to the public compatible with the monarchical apparatus and with court intrigues? The World of the Salons is suitable for an Anglophone audience of early modern European cultural, political, and intellectual historians"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aSalons$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aUpper class$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aWorldliness$xSocial aspects$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xSocial life and customs$y18th century 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y18th century 607 $aParis (France)$xHistory$y1715-1789 607 $aParis (France)$xSocial life and customs$y18th century 607 $aParis (France)$xIntellectual life$y18th century 615 0$aSalons$xHistory 615 0$aUpper class$xHistory 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xHistory 615 0$aWorldliness$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a944/.361034 700 $aLilti$b Antoine$0696656 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bOCLCO 801 2$bBDX 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bCDX 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154315303321 996 $aThe world of the salons$92588159 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress