Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One: Writing the Moment
7. 1. Versions of the Moment 11
8. 2. Lahontan and the Moment Between Cultures 26
9. 3. Diderot and the Epicurean Moment 45
10. 4. Graffigny's Epiphany of the Moment 58
11. 5. Rousseau's Moment Beyond History 82
12. 6 Casanova and the Moment of Chance 101
13. Part Two: Painting the Moment
14. 7. Roger de Piles and the Moment's Glance 129
15. 8. Du Bos, Poussin, and the Force of the Moment 148
16. 9. Watteau's Incarnate Moment 164
17. 10. Chardin and the Moment Beyond Nature 184
18. 11. Boucher, Fragonard, and the Seductions of the Moment 203
19. 12. Greuze and the Moment Foreclosed 239
20. Conclusion 273
21. Notes 277
22. Index 291