Richardson and the Philosophes

ISBN-13: 9780367601539 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

James Fowler

Opis

This book inquires why the philosophes converge on Samuel Richardson and with what results. It focuses on the two-way or 'cross-Channel' flow in texts and ideas that continued between Britain and France throughout the long eighteenth century.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Richardson's 'Religious' Novels 2. Voltaire: Nanine and Paméla 3. Voltaire: L'Ingénu and Lettres d'Amabed 4. Rousseau: Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse 5. Diderot: Éloge de Richardson and La Religieuse 6. Conclusion

O autorze

James Fowler