For centuries readers have admired the writer who wields his pen
like a sword - an Aristophanes, a Rabelais, a Montaigne, a Swift.
Using ribaldry, satire and irony in varying proportions, such
writers pierce the thick, comfortable hide of society and uncover,
predictably, the corruption and hypocrisy that characterize the
life of man in commercial society. Though a lesser talent than any
of these literary giants, Bernard Mande ville is nevertheless a
member of their class. The crucial year in the emergence of his
reputation was 1723, the year in which he added his controversial
Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools to his Fable of the Bees. From
that point on he became one of the most reviled targets of the
public guardians of morality and religion; for some he appeared to
be truly the Devil incarnate, Mandevil, as Fielding and others
spelled it. This reputation was attached to his name well into the
nineteenth centu ry. In a diary entry for June 1812 Henry Crabb
Robinson recorded the following conversation with the elderly Mrs.
Buller: "She received me with a smile, and allowed me to touch her
hand. 'What are you reading, Mr. Robinson?' she said. 'The
wickedest cleverest book in the English language, if you chance to
know it. ' - 'I have known the "Fable of the Bees" more than fifty
years. ' She was right in her guess."
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees, 81 |
| Release date: |
October 2011 |
| First published: |
1975 |
| Editors: |
I. Primer
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
223 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401016353 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
9401016356 |
| Barcode: |
9789401016353 |
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