Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A Letter from Mr. Voltaire to M. Jean Jacques Rousseau. (Appendix: Extracts from a book just published, entitled, Anecdotes relative to the persecution of J. J. Rousseau.) Fr. and Eng
Author: Voltaire
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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A Letter From Mr. Voltaire to M. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Author: Voltaire
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379354765
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T137656 Parallel French and English texts. The appendix contains "Extracts from a book just published, entitled, Anecdotes relative to the persecution of J.J. Rousseau.". London: printed for J. Payne, 1766. [4],84p.; 8°
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781379354765
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T137656 Parallel French and English texts. The appendix contains "Extracts from a book just published, entitled, Anecdotes relative to the persecution of J.J. Rousseau.". London: printed for J. Payne, 1766. [4],84p.; 8°
Napoleon's Library
Author: Louis N Sarkozy
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399055275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book will surprise readers with the literary depths of Napoleon Bonaparte, exploring the enigmatic emperor's intimate relationship with books and history, going far beyond his more militaristic and imperial fame. Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle. Bonaparte’s love of the written word, birthed in childhood and nurtured as an adolescent and young adult, never left him. He was a lover of literature for its own sake – often swooning over melodramatic love stories – but he also understood the value of books as instruments of power. Before his campaigns, he poured over dozens of texts relating to the relevant theaters’ geography, population, trade, and history. When contemplating grave decisions, such as his divorce to Empress Josephine, he consulted the historical record for useful precedents to justify and inform his actions. To bolster his troop’s morale during challenging times, he constantly referenced history in his proclamations, making his contemporaries feel as if they were actively shaping history. They were. The library of an individual is the key to his mind. Behind the grandiose paintings of the victorious conqueror and the constructions of the propagandist, stands the reader. This book is an attempt to glimpse Napoleon’s character without the veneer of imperial glory. What was he like, alone at night by his fireplace? What thoughts percolated in the mind of the ambitious 20-year-old, isolated in a little room while theorizing about man’s happiness? Who are the literary and historical figures which can claim to have had impacted his life? Who were his favorite authors? Through this book the reader will embark on a literary promenade with the great general and statemen. In these pages are found the emperor’s favorite authors. And with them, the key to understanding his mind.
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1399055275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This book will surprise readers with the literary depths of Napoleon Bonaparte, exploring the enigmatic emperor's intimate relationship with books and history, going far beyond his more militaristic and imperial fame. Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle. Bonaparte’s love of the written word, birthed in childhood and nurtured as an adolescent and young adult, never left him. He was a lover of literature for its own sake – often swooning over melodramatic love stories – but he also understood the value of books as instruments of power. Before his campaigns, he poured over dozens of texts relating to the relevant theaters’ geography, population, trade, and history. When contemplating grave decisions, such as his divorce to Empress Josephine, he consulted the historical record for useful precedents to justify and inform his actions. To bolster his troop’s morale during challenging times, he constantly referenced history in his proclamations, making his contemporaries feel as if they were actively shaping history. They were. The library of an individual is the key to his mind. Behind the grandiose paintings of the victorious conqueror and the constructions of the propagandist, stands the reader. This book is an attempt to glimpse Napoleon’s character without the veneer of imperial glory. What was he like, alone at night by his fireplace? What thoughts percolated in the mind of the ambitious 20-year-old, isolated in a little room while theorizing about man’s happiness? Who are the literary and historical figures which can claim to have had impacted his life? Who were his favorite authors? Through this book the reader will embark on a literary promenade with the great general and statemen. In these pages are found the emperor’s favorite authors. And with them, the key to understanding his mind.
Letters of an Italian nun and an English gentleman, tr. from the Fr. of Jean Jacques Rousseau
Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau (pseud.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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A Letter from Mr. Rousseau, of Geneva, to M. D'Alembert, of Paris
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Eloisa: Or, A Series of Original Letters Collected and Published by J.J. Rousseau
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Eloisa: or, a series of original letters collected and published by J. J. Rousseau. Translated [by William Kenrick] ... The fourth edition
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Eloisa: or, A series of original letters collected and published by J. J. Rousseau. Translated from the French [by William Kenrick] ... A new edition
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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An epistle ... to Mr. D'Alembert. An expostulary letter ... to Christopher de Beaumont
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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