| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 139 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Denis Diderot -- RAMEAU'S NEPHEW -- FIRST SATIRE -- Appendix: Goethe on Rameau's Nephew -- Explanatory Notes -- Glossary of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V |
| Summary |
In Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue two acquaintances discuss art, music, education and society. A key work of the French Enlightenment, in this sparkling new translation it is paired with Diderot's First Satire, providing context for Rameau's Nephew, the 'second satire'. - ;'unless you know everything, you really know nothing'. Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue begins with a chance encounter in a Paris caf--eacute--; between two acquaintances. Their talk ranges broadly across art, music, education, and the contemporary scene, as the nephew of composer Rameau, amoral and bohemian, a |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxx) |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
French prose literature -- 18th century -- Translations into English
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Satire, French -- 18th century -- Translations into English
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French prose literature
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Satire, French
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French Literature.
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Romance Literatures.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mauldon, Margaret
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Cronk, Nicholas.
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Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784.
Satire première. English
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| LC no. |
2006011792 |
| ISBN |
9780191517327 |
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0191517321 |
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9786610762866 |
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6610762864 |
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1282199609 |
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9781282199606 |
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1280762861 |
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9781280762864 |
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9786612199608 |
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6612199601 |
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