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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicholas CronkSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:2017-04-01Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199688357ISBN-10:199688354UPC:9780199688357Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, HumorBook Topic:FrenchSize:6.80 x 4.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCYXJHR4KA
Voltaire: A Very Short Introduction
Voltaire (1694-1778), best remembered as the author of Candide, is one of the central actors -- arguably the defining personality -- of the European Enlightenment. In this Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cronk explores Voltaire's remarkable career and demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to our notion and understanding of the Enlightenment. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings,...
Series: Very Short Introductions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199688357ISBN-10:199688354UPC:9780199688357Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, HumorBook Topic:FrenchSize:6.80 x 4.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCYXJHR4KA
Nicholas Cronk is a Professor of French Literature in Oxford and Director of the Voltaire Foundation. For the last decade, he has been general editor of the Complete Works of Voltaire. He is currently President of the French Société des Etudes Voltairiennes, based at the Sorbonne. He has published many editions of individual Voltaire texts, and over fifty articles on Voltaire in English and...
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