Voltaire en Europe
Volume Editors: Michel Delon et Catriona Seth
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 412
ISBN: 978-0-7294-0727-4
Price: £80
About
Au cours de sa longue vie Voltaire n’a quitté son pays que pour se rendre en Angleterre, en Hollande et en Prusse, mais il suivait de très près l’actualité tant en France que dans les pays voisins, tout en entretenant le très large réseau d’amitiés et d’inimitiés qu’il s’était tissé à travers le continent européen. Cette collection d’essais en l’honneur de Christiane Mervaud traite de cet aspect de la vie et de l’œuvre de Voltaire, rassemblant des textes que nous devons à un large cercle de ses collègues et amis. Ce volume est un parfait complément aux remarquables travaux du professeur Mervaud sur ‘Voltaire en Prusse’ (publié dans Studies on Voltaire, vol. 234) et sur les Lettres philosophiques.
Reviews
Dix-Huitième Siècle, No 34
L’ensemble des articles, qui souligne la dimension européenne de la personnalité de Voltaire, ouvre des perspectives à la fois précises et indispensables à la recherche.
Eighteenth-Century Studies, 34:3
The essays of high quality are too numerous to mention, and many of them illustrate the most promising trends in Voltaire studies, using specialized erudition to elaborate a more complete tableau of the eighteenth century. In the best examples, the study of Voltaire is not limited to an elaboration of the philosophe’s ideas. Rather, in larger ways, the insights provided by these critics enrich our understanding of the ways in which Voltaire was engaged in his times, writing under diverse inspirations, with an eye to specific ends, in a complex social, political, and religious context.
Studi Francesi, No 1, Vol.XLVI
The close and long-lasting links between Voltaire and England are witnessed by the reactions to his thought, by the massive presence of his work in British libraries, by his friends and foes on the other side of the Channel. (…)Such a hommage shows how lively Voltaire studies still are, and it casts new light on questions about a corpus which was mistakenly thought unsurprising.
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