French Lovers: From Heloise and Abelard to Beauvoir and Sartre

Name: French Lovers
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by Joseph Barry

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French Lovers: From Heloise and Abelard to Beauvoir and Sartre

by Joseph Barry

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

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ISBN10 0877958440
ISBN13 9780877958444
Publish Date 1 February 1987
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 14 October 2009
Publish Country US
Imprint Arbor House Publishing

Format Hardcover
Pages 352
Language English

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C’est bon. I enjoyed the first half the most, up through Voltaire and Emilie du Châtelet. (I’d say up through the Sades, but none of that story was new, and I could fill in things the book missed.) The last half felt like it rushed to meet deadlines and fell short of making a cohesive whole, but examining the changing culture and its philosophies vis-à-vis its relationships is an intriguing approach.