The Search for Enlightenment: Introduction to Eighteenth-century French Writing - Couverture souple

Robbins, Jeremy

 
9780715628393: The Search for Enlightenment: Introduction to Eighteenth-century French Writing

Synopsis

This up-to-date introduction to the French Enlightenment corrects the view that the writers of the period were a mere stopover to modernity. It discusses current debates that A-level and first-year students need to know today. Voltaire agonised over the fact that his 'age of critique' followed Louis XIV's much more important 'age of genius'.Church religion was dispensed with, but not religion itself. Enlightenment was a fierce battle that lacked a predetermined outcome. The book covers key exam literature, in particular Voltaire, Diderot, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Montesquieu and also Rivarol, Sedaine, Palissot, theatre, gender issues, and feminism.

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9780742500471: The Search for Enlightenment: An Introduction to Eighteenth-Century French Writing

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ISBN 10 :  0742500470 ISBN 13 :  9780742500471
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999
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