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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