Mahomet - Couverture souple

Voltaire

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617202584 ISBN 13 : 9781617202582

Editeur : Wilder Publications, 2011

Synopsis

This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed to see in it a bloody satire against the Christian religion. Almost three hundred years later critics are still unclear if this play is a rebuke of Islam or of Christianity or, perhaps, both. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

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À propos des auteurs

Voltaire (1694-1778), born François-Marie Arouet, was a French writer, philosopher, historian, and one of the central intellectual figures of the Enlightenment. Renowned for his wit, scepticism, advocacy of civil liberties, and criticism of religious intolerance and political oppression, Voltaire became one of the most influential thinkers in European history.His works-including Candide, Zadig, Micromégas, numerous tragedies, essays, poems, and philosophical tales-helped shape modern ideas concerning reason, freedom of expression, secularism, and human rights. Voltaire's literary style combined elegance, irony, clarity, and biting social criticism, securing his lasting influence upon philosophy, literature, and political thought.

William F. Fleming was a nineteenth-century translator and editor whose English translations of Voltaire's works helped introduce the French Enlightenment philosopher to a wider English-speaking readership. Fleming's translations appeared in widely circulated nineteenth-century editions of Voltaire's writings and played an important role in making the author's essays, plays, and philosophical works accessible outside France.Working during a period when interest in Enlightenment philosophy was expanding in Britain and America, Fleming produced clear and readable English renderings that preserved the wit, irony, and intellectual force of Voltaire's original texts. His translations became standard in many collected editions and remain among the most commonly reproduced English versions of Voltaire's works in modern public-domain publications.Through these translations, Fleming contributed significantly to the continued influence of Voltaire's ideas on literature, philosophy, and political thought in the English-speaking world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilder Publications
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617202584
• ISBN 13: 9781617202582
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 54
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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