Author Allison Stedman makes a case for the rococo as a seventeenth-century literary phenomenon that provided an ideological counterpoint to the rise of French political absolutism. Stedman traces the rococo's evolution and the study unearths the rococo's counter-vision for the origins of the French Enlightenment.
The book explores the rococo as a seventeenth-century literary movement that challenged the emergence of French political absolutism. Allison Stedman examines its evolution and argues that the rococo offers a distinctive perspective on the origins of the French Enlightenment, presenting an ideological counterpoint to the dominant political narratives of the time. Through this analysis, the work reveals the significance of rococo literature in shaping cultural and intellectual discourse during a pivotal historical period.