Voltaire and the Century of Light /

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Taking an approach different from (hat of earlier biographers, A. Owen Aldridge examines Voltaire's literary and intellectual career chronologically, using the methods both of comparative literature and of the history of ideas. The resulting biography portrays a fascinating personality as well...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Aldridge, Alfred Owen, 1915-2005
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1975]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Voltaire.
Voltaire, > 1694-1778.
Voltaire, > 1694-1778 > Biographie.
Aufklärung
Authors, French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Écrivains français > 18e siecle > Biographies.
Authors, French > 18th century > Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1. A Family and a Name, 1694-1713
  • 2. Love and Libertinage, 1713-1721
  • 3. The First Literary War, 1722
  • 4. The Miracle of La Henriade, 1723-1726
  • 5. A Frenchman Who Knows England Well, 1726-1729
  • 6. Further Echoes of England, 1729-1733
  • 7. Continued Persecution, 1733-1736
  • 8. The New Theseus and Ariadne, 1737-1739
  • 9. Face to Face with Frederick, 1739-1740
  • 10. Literature and Espionage, 1741-1743
  • 11. Court Poet and Historian, 1744-1747
  • 12. More Than It Seems To Say, 1748
  • 13. The Death of a Great Man, 1749
  • 14. From Paris to Potsdam, 1750
  • 15. A Voluntary Exile, 1751-1752
  • 16. A Double Book Burning, 1752-1753
  • 17. Poisonous Days, 1754-1755
  • 18. To Live in Tranquility, 1756-1757
  • 19. Toward Open Defiance, 1758-1759
  • 20. Candide: "A Mixture of Ridicule and Horror"
  • 21. Laugh and You Will Crush Them, 1760
  • 22. Skirmishes Literary and Otherwise, 1761
  • 23. The Avenging of Humanity, 1762
  • 24. Is This the Century of Enlightenment? 1763
  • 25. Visitors to Ferney, 1762-1765
  • 26. The Philosophical Dictionary, 1764
  • 27. Magistrate of Humanity, 1765-1766
  • 28. Latent Primitivism, 1767-1768
  • 29. Words and Whispers, 1769-1770
  • 30. Don Quixote of the Alps, 1771-1772
  • 31. Eulogies and Discourses, 1773-1774
  • 32. Shakespeare's Rival, 1775-1778
  • 33. Vindication, 1778 398
  • 34. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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