| Acknowledgments |
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9 | (11) |
| Introduction |
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11 | (14) |
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Watches, Culture, and Society in Seventeenth-Century France |
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25 | (30) |
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From Decoration to Function |
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25 | (4) |
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Mapping Spaces and Keeping Time |
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29 | (8) |
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Onions, Patents, and Edicts |
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37 | (4) |
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Uses and Distribution of Watches |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (11) |
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Time Structures in ``Les Plaisirs de l'ile enchantee'' and Le Tartuffe |
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55 | (35) |
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Temporal Dynamics of Royal Spectacle |
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55 | (17) |
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Time Structures of Le Tartuffe |
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72 | (18) |
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Time, Postal Practices, and Daily Life in Mme de Sevigne's Letters |
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90 | (53) |
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An Impatient Administration |
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93 | (13) |
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Postal and Personal Practices in Mme de Sevigne |
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106 | (37) |
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Time and Information In and Around La Princesse de Cleves: Anteriority, Communication, Interiority |
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143 | (42) |
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Announcements, Debates, Criticisms |
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143 | (19) |
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Timing of Courtly Maneuvers and Private Thoughts in La Princesse de Cleves |
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162 | (23) |
| Epilogue |
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185 | (4) |
| Notes |
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189 | (15) |
| Bibliography |
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204 | (6) |
| Index |
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210 | |