The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire

The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire - Cambridge Companions to Literature

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 made him a figurehead 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780521614955
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 848.509
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 235
Weight: 410g
Height: 227mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 12mm