Voltaire and the century of light
Auteur :
Aldridge, Alfred Owen
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691644714
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
794 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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