Title The Cambridge companion to Voltaire / edited by Nicholas Cronk

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge collections online Cambridge companions complete collection Cambridge companions to literature and classics Cambridge collections online Cambridge companions complete collection Cambridge companions to literature and classics Contents The making of a name : a life of Voltaire / Geoffrey Turnovsky -- Voltaire and authorship / Nicholas Cronk -- Voltaire : philosopher or philosophe? / David Beeson and Nicholas Cronk -- Voltaire and clandestine manuscripts / Miguel Benítez -- Voltaire and the myth of England / John Leigh -- Voltaire's masks : theatre and theatricality / Russell Goulbourne -- Voltaire as story-teller / Gianni Iotti -- Candide / Philip Stewart -- Voltaire and history / Catherine Volpilhac-Auger -- Voltaire's correspondence / Christiane Mervaud -- Voltaire : pamphlets and polemic / Olivier Ferret -- Voltaire and the politics of toleration / John Renwick -- Voltaire and the Bible / Graham Gargett -- The Voltaire effect / Daniel Brewer Summary As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. This work covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) Notes Print version record In Cambridge Collections Online Subject Voltaire, 1694-1778 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Voltaire, 1694-1778. fast (OCoLC)fst00061549 Subject Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography French literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Authors, French. French literature. Genre/Form Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Cronk, Nicholas ISBN 113900235X (electronic bk.) 9781139002356 (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (hardback) (pbk.) (hardback)

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