Francois Voltaire: Letters on England

Cover: 9780140443868 | Letters on England | Francois Voltaire | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2005

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Beschreibung

Also known as the Lettres anglaises ou philosophiques Voltaire's response to his exile in England offered the French public of 1734 a panoramic view of British culture. Perceiving them as a veiled attack against the ancien regime however the French government ordered the letters burned and Voltaire persecuted.

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Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer, satirist, the embodiment of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Among his best-known works is the satirical short story CANDIDE (1759).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Letters on England - Voltaire Translated by Leonard Tancock

Introduction
Letter 1: On the Quakers
Letter 2: On the Quakers
Letter 3: On the Quakers
Letter 4: On the Quakers
Letter 5: On the Anglican Religion
Letter 6: On the Presbyterians
Letter 7: On the Socinians, Arians or Anti-Trinitarians
Letter 8: On Parliament
Letter 9: On the Government
Letter 10: On Commerce
Letter 11: On Innoculation with Smallpox
Letter 12: On Chancellor Bacon
Letter 13: On Mr. Locke
Letter 14: On Descartes and Newton
Letter 15: On the System of Gravitation
Letter 16: On the Optics of Newton
Letter 17: On Infinity and Chronology
Letter 18: On Tragedy
Letter 19: On Comedy
Letter 20: On Noble Lords who cultivate literature
Letter 21: On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller
Letter 22: On Mr. Pope and some other famous poets
Letter 23: On the Consideration due to Men of Letters
Letter 24: On Academies
Letter 25: On the Pensées of Pascal
Notes
Appendix

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780140443868
ISBN-10:	014044386X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Voltaire, Francois
Redaktion:	Tancock, Leonard W.
Übersetzung:	Leonard Tancock
Hersteller:	Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	181 x 111 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Francois Voltaire
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.04.2005
Gewicht:	0,171 kg