Index

Every effort has been made to include references to all identifiable persons living before or during the long eighteenth century, as well as to often cited contemporary critics and commentators, and to provide a selective listing of relevant concepts and keywords. Readers may also wish to consult the endnotes of each essay for more comprehensive information.

A

Absorption, 240, 245–246, 253, 255–256, 259, 262, 265

Académie, 175–176, 178–179, 188–189

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 175–176

Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture, 175–176

Addison, Joseph, 114, 117, 121

Adultery, 311, 319

Agorni, Mirella, 192

Algarotti, Francesco, 192–212

  Il Newtonianismo per le Dame, 191–192, 194–196, 199–200, 202, 209, 212–213

Allegri, Gregorio, 51, 72

  Miserere, 51

Allenham, 247–248, 251, 264

Amateur honoraire, 175

Amateurs, 176–177, 187–188

Ancien régime, 11, 16–17

Anderson, Emily Hodgson, 280, 288

Annas, Julia, 272, 286

Anne of Austria, 147

Appiani, Andrea, 15

Arato, Franco, 196, 212–213

Arias, Francisco, 52, 73

Aristocracy, 240

Aristotle, 24–25, 31, 39, 221–224, 228, 233

Arnold, Ignaz, 49, 67–70, 72, 77–78

  Mozarts Geist, 49, 72, 77–78

Austen, Jane

  Northanger Abbey, 272, 282

  Pride and Prejudice, 271, 277–278, 286, 288–289

  Sense and Sensibility, 271, 277, 280, 282, 286

Auto-eroticism, 254

Aztec empire, 103–105, 111

B

Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 168

Bachelard, Gaston, 242, 248, 264, 267, 269

Bailey, Gauvin Alexander, 53, 73

Bakhtin, Mikhail, 273, 287

Baptistry in Florence, 18

Barroll, J. Leeds, 121

Barry, Elizabeth, 116

Barry, Elizabeth (actress), 291–319

Barry, Elizabeth, (daughter of John Wilmot and Elizabeth Barry), 310, 312, 315

Barton Cottage, 242–246, 250–251, 264

Barton, Lucy, 120

Bartram, William, 123, 129–131, 140, 142–143

  Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, 123

Baudoin, P.-A., 149, 159–160

Beales, Derek, 51, 73

Beau desordre, 17

Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, 21–47

  Essai sur le genre dramatique sérieux, 24, 37–39

  Eugénie, 23–25, 29–30, 42–43

  La Mère coupable, 21–47

  Le Barbier de Séville, 21, 25–26, 35, 47

  Le Mariage de Figaro, 21, 25, 35, 40, 42, 44–45

  Les Deux amis, 23, 25, 29, 38, 43–46

  Lettre modérée sur la chute et la critique du Barbier de Séville, 25, 40

Behn, Aphra, 107–108, 112, 118

  Oroonoko, 107, 118

  Widow Ranter, The, 107, 118

Beijing, 83–84, 94, 100–101

Belloy, Jean-Baptiste, 21

Bender, John, 273

Berkhofer, Jr., Robert F., 118, 120

Betterton, Thomas, 116, 293, 306, 314, 316–317

Biodiversity, 124, 129, 131, 137–138

Black Legend, 110

Boilly, Louis-Léopold, 165, 170

Bonaparte, Napoleon, General, 6, 8–9, 11, 16, 21

Bonapartists, 8

Booth, Michael R., 121

Bossi, Giuseppe, 15

Boucher, François, 148–151, 158–159, 163, 168–169

Boulevard des Capucines, 15

Boundary/boundaries, 238, 241, 246, 252, 256–261, 263

Bourbon, 11

Brabant, 54, 73

Bracegirdle, Anne, 107, 115, 314, 317

Brecht, Bertolt, 24, 39

Bret, Antoine, 224

Brueghel, Pieter, 156

Buffon, Comte de, 152

Buonarotti, Michelangelo, 176, 178, 186

C

Callot, Jacques, 60, 64–67, 77

Cammuccini, Vincenzo, 15

Canton, 81

Caprara, Giovanni Battista, Cardinal, 9–10

Capuchin, 13

Caraccioli, Louis-Antonie de, 156–157, 164, 168

Carter, Elizabeth, 192–193, 198–202, 205–206, 208, 210, 212–213

Caspar, 58, 66

Castelló-Yturbide, Teresa, 119

Castera, Louis-Adrien Duperron de, 193, 199–202, 204, 208, 213

Castiglione, Giuseppe, 81, 83–84, 91, 100–101

Cathedral of Notre Dame, 9

Catholic Enlightenment, 11

Catholicism, 8–9, 11, 18

Cave, Edward, 193, 198–200, 206, 212

  Gentleman’s Magazine, 193, 199

Caylus, Comte de, 171–189

  Recueil d’antiquités egyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines, et gauloises, 171–174, 178–179, 182–183, 187, 189

Celebrity, 292–294, 301, 303–305, 310–317

Cervantes, Miguel de, 50

  Don Quixote, 50

Chactas, 13

Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon, 156, 164, 168–170

Charles II, 104, 110–111, 115–116, 119–120, 293, 298–300, 305, 315–316

Charles V, 104

Charrière, Isabelle de, 222–234

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