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The exchange of ideas between nations during the Enlightenment was
greatly facilitated by cultural ventures, commercial enterprise and
scientific collaboration. But how were they exchanged? What were
the effects of these exchanges on the idea or artefact being
transferred? Focussing on contact between England, France and
Ireland, a team of specialists explores the translation,
appropriation and circulation of cultural products and scientific
ideas during the Enlightenment. Through analysis of literary and
artistic works, periodicals and official writings contributors
uncover: the key role played by literary translators and how they
adapted, naturalized and sometimes distorted plays and novels to
conform to new cultural norms; the effects of eighteenth-century
anglomania, and how this was manifested in French art; how the
vagaries of international politics and conflict affected both the
cultural products themselves and the modes of dissemination; how
religious censorship engendered new Irish Catholic and French
Huguenot diasporas, with their particular intellectual pursuits and
networks of exchange; the significance of newspapers and
periodicals in disseminating new knowledge and often radical
philosophical ideas. By exploring both broad areas of cultural
activity and precise examples of cultural transfer, contributors to
Intellectual journeys reveal the range and complexity of
intellectual exchange and its role in the formation of a truly
transnational Enlightenment.
Preface Introduction 1. The extent of the problem 2. Gambling and
the law 3. The early moralists and the emergence of agreement,
1685-1714 4. Two disputes: Natural Law and theology 5. The later
moralists, 1715-1792 6. Moralising through dramatic literature 7.
Gambling in the novel Conclusion Select bibliography Index
At the beginning of 1736, Voltaire was at the height of his
success, receiving praise from the public and fellow-poets alike.
The breathtaking breadth of Voltaire's activity this year ranges
from comedy, "L'Enfant Prodigue", and a major philosophical poem,
"Le Mondain", to public and private verse, including one of his
most arresting satires in "Le Crepinade", aimed at Jean-Baptiste
Rousseau. Voltaire relished the diversity of his literary output,
as he did the stimulation of his burgeoning scientific interests
and lively correspondence. However, despite the popular acclaim,
literary quarrels and lawsuits caused continuous tension, forcing
Voltaire by the end of the year, to flee France and the
'persecution' his fame had brought him.
This volume brings together works substantially composed in the
years 1723 - 1728, a period of bold experimentation for the
thirty-year-old Voltaire. An established tragedian, he now branched
out in a wholly new direction with his one-act comedy,
"L'Indiscret", performed for the first time in August 1725. This is
also the period in which, for the first time, Voltaire began to
conceive substantial works in prose.
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