18th-century French Literature - Other Genres of 18th Century French Literature

Other Genres of 18th Century French Literature

  • The genre of modern art criticism was launched by Diderot in Salons, in which he analyzed the way emotions could be created by works of art, using the example of the feelings inspired by the poetic ruins painted by Hubert Robert.
  • Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon, popularized the scientific discoveries of his century with the massive Histoire naturelle (Natural History), published with great success between 1749 and 1789.
  • During the French Revolution, political speeches became a popular genre of literature with the publication of the speeches of such talented orators as HonorĂ© Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre.

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