The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire
As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France’s collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and turned his name into a brand for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.
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The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire
As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France’s collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and turned his name into a brand for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.
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The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire
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The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521849739 |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 02/19/2009 |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d) |
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