Voltaire : a very short introduction / Nicholas Cronk.
LITERARY STUDIES: C 1500 TO C 1800. 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 demonst...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Very short introductions ;
511. |
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Table of Contents:
- The man of theatre
- The epicurean poet
- The Englishman
- The scientist
- The courtier
- The Genevan
- The campaigner
- The celebrity
- The life and the afterlife.