Candide (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Softcover

Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312148542 ISBN 13: 9780312148546

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

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Book by Voltaire

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Críticas:

'Gordon's introduction is well crafted and engaging. He explains very well Voltaire's attitudes and intentions in writing the book and the qualities that make Candide an enduring classic and Voltaire a canonical writer relevant to the present.' - Isser Woloch, Columbia University

'I found this introduction to offer a stellar account of Voltaire as an individual. His ambiguities, his self-presentation, his intellect, his wit all come through. Gordon's comments provoked me to try to read Candide with new eyes.' - Suzanne Desan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Reseña del editor:

Voltaire's biting portrait of eighteenth century European society made Candide a best-seller in its time; as a central text of the Enlightenment, it remains essential reading for students today. Preserving the text's provocative nature, Daniel Gordon's new translation restores Voltaire's semantic overtones by amplifying the book's innuendo, enhancing Candide's readability and highlighting the text's wit and satire for twentieth-century readers. The introduction places the work and its author in historical context, showing students how the complexities of Voltaire's life relate to the events, philosophy and characters of Candide. A related documents section - with personal correspondence to and from Voltaire - is also translated by Gordon, and gives students another lens through which to view this influential thinker. Helpful editorial features include explanatory notes throughout the text, seven illustrations, a chronology of Voltaire's life, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and an index of key concepts.

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312148542
• ISBN 13: 9780312148546
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 138
• Herausgeber: Gordon Daniel