The rise of the public in Enlightenment Europe

Introduction: What is the public sphere?

pt. 1. Politics and the rise of "public opinion": the cases of England and France: The peculiarities of the English

Opacity and transparency: French political culture in the eighteenth century

pt. 2. Readers, writers, and spectators: Reading publics: transformations of the literary public sphere

Writing publics: eighteenth-century authorship

From courts to consumers: theater publics

pt. 3. Being sociable: Women in public: Enlightenment salons

Drinking in public: taverns and coffeehouses

Freemasonry: toward civil society.