Diderot et les «sites» de la fraîcheur

Among so many articles on grammar' which he wrote for the Encyclopédie, in 1757, Diderot published a short article on FRAICHEUR (coolness) which is an authentic prose poem. If one looks at Diderot's subsequent works, novels, art criticism, correspondence, essays, one comes across so many harmonics of FRAICHEUR that one sometimes gains the impression of having reached the most constant and deepest aspect of Diderot's musings. Is following the permanent circulation which exists between these texts, and marking the networks of invention they reveal, not a way of finally liberating oneself from the absurd, long-defended dichotomy between Diderot's contribution to the Encyclopédie and his so-called literary works ?Leca-Tsiomis Marie. Diderot et les «sites» de la fraîcheur. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°36, 2004. Femmes des Lumières. pp. 511-521