Candide (Third Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393932524 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 265 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Nicholas Cronk is Director of the Voltaire Foundation, Professor of French Literature, and Lecturer in the History of the Book at Oxford University. His current research project is Voltaire's Radical Enlightenment: Editing and Re-Interpreting the Lettres sur les Anglais, for which he has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship (201517). He is General Editor of the
Thought provoking If you like philosophical thought, this is a must! Voltaire, in the story of Candide uses entertaining and thought-provoking irony to explore Gottfried Leibniz' philosophy of Optimism. Whatever is is for the best.
Barber, Dennis Fletcher, Haydn Mason, and Nicholas Cronk), five of these new to the Third Edition. Contributors include J. · Seven critical essaysfive of them new to this editionrepresenting a wide range of approaches to Candide. · Six background studies of Enlightenment ideas and themes (by Richard Holmes, Adam Gopnik, W. G. H. The Norton Critical Edition also includes: · A full introduction by Nicholas Cronk. Candide has been delighting readers since 1759 with its satiric wit, provocations, and warnings. The novella has never been out of print and has been translated into every conceivable language. · A revised and expanded Selected Bibliography.. The text of this Norton
And at a most affordable price for students.--W. An excellent translation with helpful footnote information and background information. Howe, Blue Mountain Community College . M