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Title: Science in the Salon

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TOC Outline

  1. Cover
  2. Frontispiece
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. I. ESSAY
  8. Introduction: Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de Scudéry’s Conversations and Other Works
  9. II. TRANSLATIONS
  10. Approaches to Translation
  11. ‘On Uncertainty’
  12. ‘The Story of Two Chameleons’
  13. Manuscript Animals
  14. ‘The Story of Prince Ariamene’
  15. ‘On Butterflies’
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. About the Team
  19. This book need not end here…
  20. You may also be interested in:
  21. Back cover

Headings Outline

  • SCIENCE IN THE SALON
  • Science in the Salon
    • Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de Scudéry’s Conversations
    • An Essay and Translation
      • Helena Taylor
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • I. Essay
  • Introduction: Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de Scudéry’s Conversations and Other Works
    • Madeleine de Scudéry: Conversations
    • Science and Philosophy in Scudéry’s Paris
    • Approaching the Conversations
      • * * * * *
    • ‘On Uncertainty’: Atomism and Scepticism
    • ‘The Story of Two Chameleons’: Observation and Affect
    • Manuscript Animals
    • Fictions of Democritus: ‘The Story of Prince Ariamene’ and ‘On Butterflies’
      • ‘The Story of Prince Ariamene’
      • ‘On Butterflies’
      • ‘Observations on Butterflies’
        • * * * * *
  • II. Translations
  • Approaches to Translation
  • ‘On Uncertainty’
  • ‘The Story of Two Chameleons’
    • * * * * *
    • * * * * *
      • The Chameleon, a Poem
      • Epitaph for the Chameleon51
      • The Chameleon
      • To M. de S., On the Death of her Chameleon
      • Epistle
      • The Chameleons to Sapho
      • A Sonnet
      • The Chameleons
      • to M. De S.
  • Manuscript Animals
    • Chameleons
      • Epitaph for Sapho’s Chameleon
        • * * * * *
      • The Chameleon to Sapho
        • * * * * *
    • Pigeons
      • Petition4 for the dead hen-pigeon5
        • * * * * *
      • The Hen-Pigeon
        • * * * * *
      • The Tomb of Sapho’s Hen-Pigeon
    • Turtledoves and More Pigeons
      • The Story of the Turtledoves
      • Sapho’s Hen-pigeon to Agelaste
        • * * * * *
      • Sapho to her Hen-pigeon
      • The Turtledoves’ Reply to Sapho’s Hen-pigeon
        • * * * * *
      • Response to the Turtledoves
      • Epitaph
        • * * * * *
      • Epitaph for the Turtledoves Placed in the Tomb by the Divine Sapho
        • * * * * *
        • * * * * *
        • * * * * *
        • * * * * *
      • Letter from Célie to a Little Cupid Called Poupot
        • * * * * *
        • * * * * *
        • * * * * *
      • Anacreon’s Hen-pigeon to Sapho’s Hen-pigeon
        • * * * * *
      • Response of Sapho’s Hen-pigeon
        • * * * * *
      • Sapho to her Hen-pigeon
      • FIN.
    • Warblers
      • The Warbler to Sapho
  • ‘The Story of Prince Ariamene’
    • (partial translation)
    • *
    • *
    • *
    • *
    • *
  • ‘On Butterflies’
    • ‘Observations on Butterflies’5
      • *
  • Bibliography
    • Primary Sources
    • Secondary Sources
  • Index
  • About the Team
  • This book need not end here…
    • Share
    • Donate
    • We invite you to connect with us on our socials!
    • Read more at the Open Book Publishers Blog
  • You may also be interested in:
  • Contents
    • Landmarks

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