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Candide or Optimism : A Fresh Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism by Voltaire (1991, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393960587
ISBN-139780393960587
eBay Product ID (ePID)56623
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleCandide or Optimism : a Fresh Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
TopicEuropean / French, Literary
FeaturesRevised
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorVoltaire
Book SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.7 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN90-036677
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromNinth Grade
Series Volume Number0
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal843/.5
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisRobert M. Adams's superlative revised translation of Candide provides the basis for this widely adopted Norton Critical Edition., The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance with recent biographical and critical materials. The Backgrounds and Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide and to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of five English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, and Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, The Climate of Controversy, summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire's works and includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, and John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, and Stendhal, as well as the text of Pangloss's Song, a ballad from the 1956 Candide -based operetta by Richard Wilbur., The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance with recent biographical and critical materials. The Backgrounds and Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide and to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of five English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, and Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, "The Climate of Controversy," summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire s works and includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, and John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, and Stendhal, as well as the text of "Pangloss s Song," a ballad from the 1956 Candide-based operetta by Richard Wilbur.", The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance with recent biographical and critical materials. The Backgrounds and Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide and to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of five English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, and Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, "The Climate of Controversy," summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire's works and includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, and John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, and Stendhal, as well as the text of "Pangloss's Song," a ballad from the 1956 Candide-based operetta by Richard Wilbur.
LC Classification NumberPQ2082.C3E5 1990
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Enlightenment cornerstone
This oddly sprightly tale of calamitous events shines a light in just what the pillars of the Enlightenment were up against.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
