Philippe Barr Assistant Professor of French At UNC since 2006 2006 PhD New York University 1997 MA McGill University 1994 BA Université de Montréal Areas of Research: 18th Century Novel Libertine Literature Illuminisme Specialization: 18th Century Literature and Philosophy; First-person narratives, Nineteenth-Century Urban literature, Québec, literary theory. Telephone: 919-962-8211 Email:pbarr@email.unc.edu Mailing Address: 142 Dey Hall, CB# 3170 Dept of Romance Languages & Literatures UNC-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3170

Synopsis: Philippe Barr has been educated in Canada and the United States. His main interests focus on the history of the 18th century novel and the influence of urban space on first-person narratives of the late Enlightenment. He is currently working on a book on Restif de la Bretonne's Les nuits de Paris.