Images from the Turn of a Century
1760-1840
A Portrait of Arts, Literature and Eloquence in Québec

Bienvenue / Welcome

Related activities to this exhibition

Guided tours by the members of the Academic Committee

The Opera « Lucas et Cécile » by Joseph Quesnel

LE COLLOQUE
(in french only)

Introduction

The state of preservation of the works

1760-1791
The conquest of literature and eloquence

The American Revolution and the printed word

The publications of Mesplet and du Calvet

Arts and catholic religion

The women and men of the Enlightenment

Rheroric treatises

1792-1815
Democracy and public debate

Louis Dulongpré : the written word, the arts, printed matters and politics

The Théâtre de Société and Opera

Joseph Quesnel's music

Recordings of Joseph Quesnel's music

A bourgeois couple: playing cards and drinking tea

Transitions and trips

Lower Canada and France

The flourishing of arts and literature in a German-English-Canadian family

Reading and writing

1815-1840
Rebellions and loyalism

The Patriote leader and his wife

Arts and literature in everyday life: private life and public life

Politics and debates

Newspapers and magazines

Speeches and eloquence

Conclusion

Credits

Additional information (in french only)

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