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Professor Richard Scholar's Outputs (1)

The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something (2005)
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Scholar, R. (2005). The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something. Oxford University Press

What is the je-ne-sais-quoi? How - if at all - can it be put into words? In addressing these questions, Richard Scholar offers the first full-length study of the je-ne-sais-quoi and its fortunes in early modern Europe. He describes the rise and fall... Read More about The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something.