TY - BOOK AU - KjaergaÌ{u292C} Jonas Ross TI - Reimagining society in 18th century French literature: happiness and human rights T2 - Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature SN - 9781138611740 (hardcover) AV - PQ637.H37 K53 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - French fiction KW - 18th century KW - History and criticism KW - Happiness in literature KW - Human rights in literature KW - Literature and society KW - France KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The Unfinished Declaration -- What Was Literature? -- Louis-SeÌ{u2873}tien Mercier and the Dream of a Happy Future -- The Search for Order in Choderlos de Laclos' Liaisons dangereuses -- The Regeneration of the State in Marie-Joseph CheÌ{uEA65}r's FeÌ{uE96C}on ou les religieuses de Cambrai -- Conclusion ER -