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Author : Nicholas Cronk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521849739
An accessible overview of the life, times and work of the eighteenth-century philosopher and writer.
Author : Nicholas Cronk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827577
As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and made him a figurehead for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.
Author : Daniel Brewer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781316194324
The Enlightenment has long been seen as synonymous with the beginnings of modern Western intellectual and political culture. As a set of ideas and a social movement, this historical moment, the 'age of reason' of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, is marked by attempts to place knowledge on new foundations. The Cambridge Companion to the French Enlightenment brings together essays by leading scholars representing disciplines ranging from philosophy, religion and literature, to art, medicine, anthropology and architecture, to analyse the French Enlightenment. Each essay presents a concise view of an important aspect of the French Enlightenment, discussing its defining characteristics, internal dynamics and historical transformations. The Companion discusses the most influential reinterpretations of the Enlightenment that have taken place during the last two decades, reinterpretations that both reflect and have contributed to important re-evaluations of received ideas about the Enlightenment and the early modern period more generally.
Author : Patrick Riley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521576156
Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.
Author : Stuart Gillespie,Philip Hardie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139827522
Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this 2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature, philosophy and science discuss the poem in its ancient contexts and in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for progressive ideas. The Companion is designed both as an accessible handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about Lucretius, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of classical antiquity and its reception. It is completely accessible to the reader who has only read Lucretius in translation.
Author : Nicholas Cronk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191512759
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 demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to our notion and understanding of the Enlightenment. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings, Cronk examines the nature of Voltaire's literary celebrity, demonstrating the extent to which his work was reactive and practical, and therefore made sense within the broader context of the debates to which he responded. The most famous living author in Europe in the 18th century, Cronk emphasises Voltaire's skills of 'performance' as a writer and his continued relevance today. He concludes by looking not only at Voltaire's impact in literature and philosophy, but also his influence on French political values and modern French politics. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107159624
A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.
Author : Nicholas Jolley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521367697
The most comprehensive account of the full range of Leibniz's thought.
Author : Karen O'Brien
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521465335
Narratives of Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary study of cosmopolitan approaches to the past. It reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay - in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America; and it investigates the nature and degree of their intellectual investment in the idea of a common European civilisation. Karen O'Brien combines the methodologies of literary criticism and intellectual history to explore debates about Enlightenments and the political uses of narrative. Where previous studies have emphasised the growth of nationalism in eighteenth-century literature, she reveals the development of cosmopolitan ways of thinking beyond national cultural issues.
Author : Brian Nelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521887083
An engaging, highly accessible and informative introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Author : Yoshio Sugimoto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107495463
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the twentieth century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture is an authoritative introduction to this subject.
Author : John Tasioulas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107087965
An accessible, comprehensive, and high quality companion to legal philosophy written by a stellar cast of international contributors.
Author : Edward James,Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521016576
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Author : Drummond Bone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521786762
Byron s life and work have fascinated readers around the world for two hundred years, but it is the complex interaction between his art and his politics, beliefs and sexuality that has attracted so many modern critics and students. In three sections devoted to the historical, textual and literary contexts of Byron s life and times, these specially commissioned essays by a range of eminent Byron scholars provide a compelling picture of the diversity of Byron s writings. The essays cover topics such as Byron s interest in the East, his relationship to the publishing world, his attitudes to gender, his use of Shakespeare and eighteenth-century literature, and his acute fit in a post-modernist world. This Companion provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars, including a chronology and a guide to further reading.
Author : Karen O'Brien,Brian Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107035119
Provides an accessible overview of the achievement of Edward Gibbon (1737-94), one of the world's greatest historians.
