Aldridge Voltaire and the Century of Light

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6695-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1636, 458 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Aldridge, Alfred Owen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Abbreviations, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
1. A Family and a Name, 1694-1713, pg. 1
2. Love and Libertinage, 1713-1721, pg. 18
3. The First Literary War, 1722, pg. 34
4. The Miracle of La Henriade, 1723-1726, pg. 42
5. A Frenchman Who Knows England Well, 1726-1729, pg. 62
6. Further Echoes of England, 1729-1733, pg. 80
7. Continued Persecution, 1733-1736, pg. 91
8. The New Theseus and Ariadne, 1737-1739, pg. 107
9. Face to Face with Frederick, 1739-1740, pg. 119
10. Literature and Espionage, 1741-1743, pg. 132
11. Court Poet and Historian, 1744-1747, pg. 143
12. More Than It Seems To Say, 1748, pg. 155
13. The Death of a Great Man, 1749, pg. 164
14. From Paris to Potsdam, 1750, pg. 172
15. A Voluntary Exile, 1751-1752, pg. 186
16. A Double Book Burning, 1752-1753, pg. 201
17. Poisonous Days, 1754-1755, pg. 219
18. To Live in Tranquility, 1756-1757, pg. 234
19. Toward Open Defiance, 1758-1759, pg. 242
20. Candide: "A Mixture of Ridicule and Horror", pg. 251
21. Laugh and You Will Crush Them, 1760, pg. 261
22. Skirmishes Literary and Otherwise, 1761, pg. 273
23. The Avenging of Humanity, 1762, pg. 288
24. Is This the Century of Enlightenment? 1763, pg. 302
25. Visitors to Ferney, 1762-1765, pg. 311
26. The Philosophical Dictionary, 1764, pg. 319
27. Magistrate of Humanity, 1765-1766, pg. 329
28. Latent Primitivism, 1767-1768, pg. 343
29. Words and Whispers, 1769-1770, pg. 356
30. Don Quixote of the Alps, 1771-1772, pg. 367
31. Eulogies and Discourses, 1773-1774, pg. 376
32. Shakespeare's Rival, 1775-1778, pg. 385
33. Vindication, 1778 398, pg. 398
34. Conclusion, pg. 410
Bibliography, pg. 414
Index, pg. 427