Voltaire and the Century of Light / / Alfred Owen Aldridge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Aldridge, Alfred Owen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1636
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Preface --; 1. A Family and a Name, 1694-1713 --; 2. Love and Libertinage, 1713-1721 --; 3. The First Literary War, 1722 --; 4. The Miracle of La Henriade, 1723-1726 --; 5. A Frenchman Who Knows England Well, 1726-1729 --; 6. Further Echoes of England, 1729-1733 --; 7. Continued Persecution, 1733-1736 --; 8. The New Theseus and Ariadne, 1737-1739 --; 9. Face to Face with Frederick, 1739-1740 --; 10. Literature and Espionage, 1741-1743 --; 11. Court Poet and Historian, 1744-1747 --; 12. More Than It Seems To Say, 1748 --; 13. The Death of a Great Man, 1749 --; 14. From Paris to Potsdam, 1750 --; 15. A Voluntary Exile, 1751-1752 --; 16. A Double Book Burning, 1752-1753 --; 17. Poisonous Days, 1754-1755 --; 18. To Live in Tranquility, 1756-1757 --; 19. Toward Open Defiance, 1758-1759 --; 20. Candide: "A Mixture of Ridicule and Horror" --; 21. Laugh and You Will Crush Them, 1760 --; 22. Skirmishes Literary and Otherwise, 1761 --; 23. The Avenging of Humanity, 1762 --; 24. Is This the Century of Enlightenment? 1763 --; 25. Visitors to Ferney, 1762-1765 --; 26. The Philosophical Dictionary, 1764 --; 27. Magistrate of Humanity, 1765-1766 --; 28. Latent Primitivism, 1767-1768 --; 29. Words and Whispers, 1769-1770 --; 30. Don Quixote of the Alps, 1771-1772 --; 31. Eulogies and Discourses, 1773-1774 --; 32. Shakespeare's Rival, 1775-1778 --; 33. Vindication, 1778 398 --; 34. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index --; Backmatter
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• ISBN: 9781400866953; 9783110426847; 9783110413564; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400866953
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alfred Owen Aldridge.

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 "ed, but through the statements others made about him in anecdotes, memoirs, and other contemporary documents. New information is introduced regarding Voltaire's sojourn in England, his later relations with English men of letters, his domestic turmoils at the court of Frederick the Great, and his contact with French contemporaries such as Montesquieu and Diderot. For the first time in any biography, attention is given to Voltaire's extensive knowledge of Spanish literature and its influence on his own work, particularly Candide. Voltaire is portrayed as a conscious participant in the Enlightenment. In his early years he was interested primarily in aesthetics and abstract philosophy; later, he passionately dedicated himself to humanitarian causes with ideological implications. Professor Aldridge brings forward evidence pointing to the contrast between these two periods in Voltaire's life.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.