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Voltaire and the Century of Light

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Full Title:

Voltaire and the Century of Light

Contributors:
ISBN:

9780691644714

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Publication Date:

28th June 2016

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Literary essays
Literary studies: general

Dewey:

848.5

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

458

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

794g

Description

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

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