Synesthesia: A Hot Topic at 19C Paris Salons

Talk at Paris American Club (2020)

Talk at National Arts Club

Part 1: Opening: introduction of author Pat Duffy by Francis Dubois of the National Arts Club

Part 3: Two important periods in synesthesia research: late 19th and late 20th centuries

Part 4: Synesthesia and the 19th-century Artists' Hashish Club

Part 5: Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and the symbolist poets: the impact of art on science

Part 6: Proust, Nabokov: synesthetic descriptions in novels

Part 8: Chang Yu; synesthete-poet in 14-century China

Part 7: 19-century composter Olivier Messiaen: the colors of music

Part 9: 19th, 20th, 21st century poetry: synesthetic imagery

End of presentation: dedication