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The Women of the French Salons

Amelia Gere Mason

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Society & culture History History - European History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)History - Modern (1750+)Gender & Sexuality Studies

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1. PREFACE 2. DETAILED CONTENTS 3. CHAPTER I. SALONS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 4. CHAPTER II. THE HOTEL DE RAMBOUILLET 5. CHAPTER III. MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDERY AND THE SAMEDIS 6. CHAPTER IV. LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE 7. CHAPTER V. A LITERARY SALON AT PORT ROYAL 8. CHAPTER VI. MADAME DE SEVIGNE 9. CHAPTER VII. MADAME DE LA FAYETTE 10. CHAPTER VIII. SALONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 11. CHAPTER IX. AN ANTECHAMBER OF THE ACADEMIE FRANCAISE 12. CHAPTER X. THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE 13. CHAPTER XI. MADAME DE TENCIN AND MADAME DU CHATELET 14. CHAPTER XII. MADAME GEOFFRIN AND THE PHILOSOPHERS 15. CHAPTER XIII. ULTRA-PHILOSOPHICAL SALONS—MADAME D'EPINAY 16. CHAPTER XIV. SALONS OF THE NOBLESSE—MADAME DU DEFFAND 17. CHAPTER XV. MADEMOISELLE DE LESPINASSE 18. CHAPTER XVI. THE SALON HELVETIQUE 19. CHAPTER XVII. SALONS OF THE REVOLUTION—MADAME ROLAND 20. CHAPTER XVIII. MADAME DE STAEL 21. CHAPTER XIX. THE SALONS OF THE EMPIRE AND RESTORATION—MADAME RECAMIER

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