Table of Contents
Priscilla Ferguson.
Les Quinze Livres d’Athénée: French Culinary Culture in the Making. 1
Susan Read Baker.
“Natutical Fare in Robert Challe’s Journal d’un voyage fait aux Indes orientales (1690-1691). 21
Jean Emelina.
Le regard d’un savant sur les curiosités de la nature: plantes, jardins et eaux chez Peiresc. 33
William Roberts.
Perelle's Veües des plus beaux endroits de Versailles: How the Engravings contribute. 49
Elizabeth Woodrough.
Molière et la mise en scène des jardins de Versailles. 61
Dana Marie Chase.
Deflowering the Garden: Le droit du seigneur and La Fontaine. 75
Perry Gethner.
Ransom and Piracy in Classical French Comedy. 83
David Eick.
Redefining the Culture Wars: Furetière and the Académie française. 91
Marcelle Maistre Welch.
Poullain de la Barre et les Modernes. 105
Adrienne Zuerner.
Narrating the Life of a Scandalous Woman: Madame de Saint-Balmon. 119
Deborah Steinberger.
Profiting from Scandal: the Case of La Devineresse. 135
Ralph Albanese.
Les Fables de La Fontaine et la pédagogie républicaine de la ‘francité.’ 143
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