This study maps out various instances of the homme-clavecin (harpsichord-man) trope in works by Denis Diderot and his contemporaries. The analogy is at the confluence of debates about language, physiology, and music; it illuminates a heuristic approach straight out of Enlightenment discourse.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
