Voltaire and the Century of Light

by Alfred Owen Aldridge

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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 only through his correspondence, here extensively quoted, but through the statements others made...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691617600

ISBN13:9780691617602

Release Date:March 2015

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:458 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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