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Complete Works of Voltaire 21-27 - Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (I-IX) (French, Hardcover, Critical edition)
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Complete Works of Voltaire 21-27 - Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (I-IX) (French, Hardcover, Critical edition)
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Voltaire's "Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations" is a
monumental work which has changed the face of western
historiography. Unique for its time, it encompasses in 197 chapters
the history of Europe, Africa, America and Asia to cover all ages,
all continents and all religions within the overall concept of a
'universal history'. Voltaire's approach to the writing of this
history is radical and innovative: rather than recite the deeds of
monarchs and religious leaders, his aim is to tell the story of
human progress, in particular the progress of human reason. One of
Voltaire's most important and influential works, the "Essai"
preoccupied him over several decades. He began work in the early
1740s, and the first full edition published in 1756 was a
best-seller. He continued expanding and revising the work for the
rest of his life. This edition is based on the last version of the
text authorised by Voltaire (1775), and explains the changes he
made over a forty-year period. This first full critical edition of
the "Essai sur les moeurs" is the work of an international team of
scholars and appears in volumes 21-27 of the Complete Works of
Voltaire. It will be of interest to all historians and literary
scholars of the European Enlightenment and its modern legacy.
Contributors: Valerie Andre, Dimitris Apostolopoulos, Jesus
Astigarraga, Bruno Bernard, Peter Burke, David Chataignier, Karen
Chidwick, Philippe Contamine, Marie-Helene Cotoni, Nicholas Cronk,
Robert Darnton, Henri Duranton, Olivier Ferret, Pierre Force,
Dieter Gembicki, Janet Godden, Gianluigi Goggi, Antonio Gurrado,
James Hanrahan, Ursula Haskins Gonthier, Herve Hasquin, Gianni
Iotti, Gerard Laudin, Dominique Lussier, Laurence Mace, Kate Marsh,
Myrtille Mericam-Bourdet, Michel Mervaud, Paul Mironneau,
Christophe Paillard, Olga Penke, Siofra Pierse, John Renwick,
Justine de Reynies, Francoise Tilkin, Kees van Strien, Catherine
Volpilhac-Auger, Richard Waller, Elizabeth Zachariadou.
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