The Cambridge companion to Voltaire / [edited by] Nicholas Cronk. [electronic resource]
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The Cambridge companion to Voltaire / [edited by] Nicholas Cronk. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to Voltaire / [edited by] Nicholas Cronk. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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English
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1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
The making of a name : a life of Voltaire / Geoffrey Turnovsky -- Voltaire and authorship / Nicholas Cronk -- Voltaire : philosopher or philosophe? / David Beeson and Nicholas Cronk -- Voltaire and clandestine manuscripts / Miguel Benítez -- Voltaire and the myth of England / John Leigh -- Voltaire...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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England
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2009.
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As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and m...
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The Cambridge companion to Voltaire / [edited by] Nicholas Cronk. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to literature
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.
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English
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1-139-80123-6
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