The Cambridge Companion to Voltaire

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 oeuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and turned his name into a brand for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.

Author: Nicholas Cronk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2009
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780521849739

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2009

About the Author
Cronk, Nicholas: - Nicholas Cronk is Professor of French Literature and Director of the Voltaire Foundation at the University of Oxford.