The Confessions (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ISBN 10: 1853264652 / ISBN 13: 9781853264658

Edité par Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1996

N° de réf. du vendeur 1853264652-3-34024482

Synopsis :

This translation first appeared in a privately printed edition in 1904 (the translator remains anonymous).

With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.

When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had a more profound impact on European thought. Rousseau left posterity a model of the reflective life - the solitary, uncompromising individual, the enemy of servitude and habit and the selfish egoist who dedicates his life to a particular ideal.

The Confessions recreates the world in which he progressed from incompetent engraver to grand success; his enthusiasm for experience, his love of nature, and his uncompromising character make him an ideal guide to eighteenth-century Europe, and he was the author of some of the most profound work ever written on the relation between the individual and the state.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

This translation first appeared in a privately printed edition in 1904 (the translator remains anonymous). This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Derek Matravers.

When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had a more profound impact on European thought. Rousseau left posterity a model of the reflective life - the solitary, uncompromising individual, the enemy of servitude and habit and the selfish egoist who dedicates his life to a particular ideal.

The Confessions recreates the world in which he progressed from incompetent engraver to grand success; his enthusiasm for experience, his love of nature, and his uncompromising character make him an ideal guide to eighteenth-century Europe, and he was the author of some of the most profound work ever written on the relation between the individual and the state.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Confessions (Wordsworth Classics of ...
Éditeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good