Œuvres de 1728-1730

Author: Voltaire

Volume: 5

Series: Œuvres complètes de Voltaire

Volume Editors: Robert Niklaus, John Renwick et al

Publication Date: 1998

Pages: 664

ISBN: 978-0-7294-0567-6

Price: £115

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1728-1730 were for Voltaire years of self-examination as he returned to the French literary world after his exile in England. His literary output was sparse as he worked hard to cement his established reputation in the tragic theatre, with plays that attempt to reconcile his admiration for Shakespearian drama with classical training and the expectations of a Parisian audience.

These early works, such as Voltaire’s bitter denunciation of official prejudice La Mort de Mademoiselle Lecouvreur, contain the seeds of the socio-political philosophy he would work to cohere, centered on hatred of tyranny and superstition and opposition to war.

Contributors: Ahmad Gunny, Robert Niklaus, Nicole Masson, John Renwick

Table of contents

Brutus, tragédie (critical edition by John Renwick)

Eriphyle, tragédie (critical edition by Robert Niklaus)

Harangue prononcée le jour de la clôture du théâtre (critical edition by Robert Niklaus)

La Mort de Mademoiselle Lecouvreur (critical edition by Robert Niklaus)

Du suicide ou de l’homicide de soi-même (critical edition by Ahmad Gunny)

Poésies, 1728-1730 (édition critique par Nicole Masson)
     Lettre écrite de Plombières à M. Pallu. Août 1729
     Aux mânes de M. de Genonville, conseiller au Parlement et intime ami de l’auteur
     Epître en vers à Mme de … quelque temps après son mariage
     Vers à l’occasion du traitement fait à Mlle Lecouvreur, après sa mort
     Traduction de quatre vers de Denham
     A M. de La Faye

Dédicaces de La Henriade en 1730 (édition critique par Nicole Masson)

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