Voltaire Aldington, Richard
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This book, first published in 1929, is an assessment of Voltaire's life and works. It contains valuable biographical details, as well as studies of his works, philosophy, poetry, plays and literary ...criticism.
Erasmus and Voltaire Quinones, Ricardo J
Erasmus and Voltaire,
c2010, 20101231, 2010, 2010-01-01, 20100101
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A companion piece toDualisms, Quinones' 2007 book,Erasmus and Voltairediffers in method: where its predecessor looked to inveterate, unyielding differences, this new work looks to similarities.
Questioning the resistance to change of the West in constant crisis, and framed by early writings of Max Horkheimer and others, John E. O'Brien's historical-materialist method explores the contested ...perspectives of Voltaire, Schiller, Baudrillard, Foucault, Eagleton and Hayden White.
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 as a great writer and thinker. Voltaire is revealed not only through his correspondence, here extensively quoted, but through the statements others made about him in anecdotes, memoirs, and other contemporary documents.
New information is introduced regarding Voltaire's sojourn in England, his later relations with English men of letters, his domestic turmoils at the court of Frederick the Great, and his contact with French contemporaries such as Montesquieu and Diderot. For the first time in any biography, attention is given to Voltaire's extensive knowledge of Spanish literature and its influence on his own work, particularly Candide. Voltaire is portrayed as a conscious participant in the Enlightenment. In his early years he was interested primarily in aesthetics and abstract philosophy; later, he passionately dedicated himself to humanitarian causes with ideological implications. Professor Aldridge brings forward evidence pointing to the contrast between these two periods in Voltaire's life.
Originally published in 1975.
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This is the first study that explicitly positions Voltaire in relation to the French Academy. The volume provides the reader with a history of the Institution, an explanation of Voltaire's reasons ...for wanting to belong to the Academy, his polemical role in the Academy, his academic activity, an account of the Academy's view of Voltaire at the time of his death, as well as its defense of his posthumous memory.Volume163 in the North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures series.
