Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

He gives a rich and thorough account of the four authors he takes up, and convincingly refutes a series of common caricatures of the Enlightenment. Anyone interested in the period – whether friend or ...

Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier-de-Breteuil, known as the Marquise du Châtelet after her marriage at age 18, was a brilliant ...

This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating ... and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires' property market. In a short period, from 1776 ...

Châtelet’s scientific contributions were appreciated by some, then forgotten by all. But redeeming her as a mind shouldn’t undermine her as a woman.