Doig, Kathleen Hardesty (Author)
Voltaire Foundation
Physical Details: xiv + 314 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
The last of the great Enlightenment encyclopedias, Charles Joseph Panckoucke's Encyclopédie méthodique was originally conceived as an innovative revision of the Encyclopédie and the Supplément. Arranged in a series of subject-specific dictionaries, it began to appear in 1782 and was completed 50 years later, boasting 203 volumes of text and plates produced by many eminent editors and contributors. Kathleen Hardesty Doig's book is the first to compare the genealogy of the Méthodique with its predecessors as a means to understanding Panchoucke's original vision for his work. Through careful examination of each volume of the Méthodique, the author explores for instance: * how Diderot's materialist, anti-clerical articles were scrupulously preserved; * how new contributions on religious topics, written by a renowned French theologian, provided a counter-balancing apology of Catholicism; * how subjects were augmented or radically transformed, particularly in the sciences where articles reflect groundbreaking research in chemistry and medicine; * how these changes illuminate the editors' original goal of an encyclopedia designed to present information in an accessible format to specialists and amateurs alike.
...MoreReview Wijnand Mijnhardt (2016) Review of "From Encyclopédie to Encyclopédie méthodique: Revision and Expansion". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 849-850).
Review Heintzman, Kit (2015) Review of "From Encyclopédie to Encyclopédie méthodique: Revision and Expansion". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 513-514).
Review Yeo, Richard (2014) Review of "From Encyclopédie to Encyclopédie méthodique: Revision and Expansion". Library & Information History (pp. 217-218).
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