The fables of reason : a study of Voltaire's "Contes philosophiques" / Roger Pearson
1993, 1st edition. Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426404
ISBN: 0198158807
Physical description; x, 268 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-261) and index. Contents; I. The Fables of Reason. 1. The conte philosophique and its Readers. 2. Statistics and Symposia: L'Homme aux quarante ecus. 3. Fallen Fables -- II. The Voyage of Reason and the Problem of Evil. 4. Party Games: Le Crocheter borgne and Cosi-Sancta. 5. Man in the Universe: Micromegas. 6. Man in the World: Le Monde comme il va, Zadig, Memnon, and Lettre d'un turc. 7. Small Consolations: Songe de Platon, Histoire des voyages de Scarmentado, and Les Deux Consoles. 8. The Candid Conte: Candide ou l'optimisme -- III. Literature and Enlightenment. 9. Education and 'Merry Hissing': Histoire d'un bon brahmin, Pot-pourri, Le Blanc et le noir, Jeannot et Colin, Petite digression, and Aventure indienne. 10. Hearts and Minds: L'Ingenu. 11. 'L'univers en raccourci': la Princesse de Babylone and Les Lettres d'Amabed. 12. Totem and Taboo: Le Taureau blanc. 13. Anglicans and Academics: Aventure de la memoire, Eloge historique de la raison, Les Oreilles du comte de Chesterfield, and Histoire de Jenni. Voltaire's Contes. Subjects; Voltaire 1694-1778 Criticism and interpretation. Voltaire. Voltaire 1694-1778. Fables, French History and criticism. Philosophy in literature. Reason in literature. Fables, French. Languages & Literatures. French Literature.
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