ARCHIVE - The Shadow of the Enlightenment - The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/taxonomy/term/17/0 In order to understand the impact of the Enlightenment, it is essential to understand the dissemination of ideas. Consider the role of the writer in this context, and issues of identity, gender, power, and patronage. en ARCHIVE - Aaron Goodwin: Without the known French authors to act as catalysts, would there have been a Revolution? http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/without-the-known-french-autrhors-to-act-as-catalysts-would-there-have-been-a-revolution <p>One the most fascinating things for a historian is questioning what knowledge you do know, and also adding to it the &quot;WHAT IF?&quot; question, and theorizing not only whether or not things would have occured, but also how they would have been different.</p> <p>For example, the last job I applied for I did not get because of my availability. Now, if I had decided to go and check in with the shop owner on Monday rather than Sunday, would my availability have been the issue, would there have been an issue at all? I don&#39;t know, and it seems I can only think on it, because there is no action against the past.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/without-the-known-french-autrhors-to-act-as-catalysts-would-there-have-been-a-revolution">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/without-the-known-french-autrhors-to-act-as-catalysts-would-there-have-been-a-revolution#comment The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:48:13 -0800 gooaar02 179 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow ARCHIVE - Dave Raileanu http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu <p>Because the nobility concerned itself with gaining the audience of the king and the king concerned himself with denying audience to whomever he pleased, and the bourgeois concerned themselves with becoming noble and the peasantry concerned itself with staying alive for as long as possible, writers in 18th century France were the only ones who had any new ideas whatsoever. </p> <p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/dave-raileanu#comment The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:18:23 -0700 raidav20 129 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow ARCHIVE - Michelle Klenn http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/michelle-klenn <p>Writers played an interesting role in 18th century france. Writing was acceptable from everyone, from the sons of cobblers and bakers to members of the nobility. This fact allowed the dissemination of ideas to happen at an accelerated pace, given the breadth of literature being written at the time. In addition, this allows us to see France in this time period in many different ways, given the fact that anyone, excluding the peasentry could feasibly have a chance at getting their work published. </p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/michelle-klenn#comment The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:00:08 -0700 klemic12 127 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow ARCHIVE - Janet Williford http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/janet-williford-0 <p>Writers played a key role in the circulation of ideas through 18th century France. Their ideas were discussed in salons. Many people were published and in turn would have their works repsonded to by their peers. Writers often lived precariously since they were deemed dangerous. The writing of extremely influencial people could affect many and incite controversial thought. The philosophical writings of some posed a threat to the king because their ideas undermined his divine right.</p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/janet-williford-0#comment The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:29:57 -0700 wiljan05 125 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow ARCHIVE - Stephanie Ash http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/stephanie-ash-0 <p>Starting in the late 1600s women in France began to develop a symbolic power that circumvented their very real powerlessness. By inviting intellectuals into their bedrooms they formed circles of power and influence that shadowed the contempary male sphere of power based on might and money. Patronesses could marry or endow primarily male writers with money to increase their symbolic power via the writer whose sphere of influence is virtually limitless. By limiting the topics of the salon and defining rules of the salon, the women of the salon wielded even more intangible power. The salon turned what had been seen as a detriment: a woman&#39;s confinement to the home and limited resources and turned those to advantage.</p> <p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/stephanie-ash-0">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow/stephanie-ash-0#comment The Role of the Writer in 18th c. France Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:52:18 -0700 ashste04 119 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/shadow