The Search for Enlightenment - Introduction to Eighteenth-century French Writing (Paperback)

This up-to-date introduction to the French Enlightenment corrects the view that the writers of the period were a mere stopover to modernity. It discusses current debates that A-level and first-year students need to know today. Voltaire agonised over the fact that his 'age of critique' followed Louis XIV's much more important 'age of genius'.Church religion was dispensed with, but not religion itself. Enlightenment was a fierce battle that lacked a predetermined outcome. The book covers key exam literature, in particular Voltaire, Diderot, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Montesquieu and also Rivarol, Sedaine, Palissot, theatre, gender issues, and feminism.

General

Imprint:	Bristol Classical Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Readings Series
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	October 1999
Authors:	Jeremy Robbins
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-7156-2839-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	0-7156-2839-9
Barcode:	9780715628393

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