In The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life Julia Gasper analyzes the life and works of an influential Enlightenment writer and philosopher. Through meticulous research, Gasper provides the only comprehensive list of d'Argens' works and separates the realities of his life from the myths that have built up around him.
In The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life Julia Gasper analyzes the life and works of an influential Enlightenment writer and philosopher. Through meticulous research, Gasper provides the only comprehensive list of d'Argens' works and separates the realities of his life from the myths that have built up around him.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Julia Gasper got her doctorate in English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford. Her first book, The Dragon and the Dove: The Plays of Thomas Dekker, was published by Oxford University Press in the Oxford English Monographs series (1990). She is the translator and editor of the Modern Philosopher and Other Works by Elizabeth Craven (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017), a collection of three texts including Letters to Her Son. Her other recent books include Theodore von Neuhoff, King of Corsica: The Man Behind the Legend (University of Delaware Press USA, 2012) and The Marquis d'Argens: A Philosophical Life (Lexington Books USA, 2014), a critical biography of the French Enlightenment author and philosopher. She has taught for Stanford University in Oxford, the Open University, and the University of Surrey at Roehampton.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1 Youth 1703 1723 Chapter 2 Travel Broadens the Mind Chapter 3 Paris and Rome 1725 30 Chapter 4 Hero of the Battlefield Chapter 5 The Professional Writer 1735 1740 Chapter 6 The Court of the Best of all Possible Kings Chapter 7 Mid Life Crisis Chapter 8 1748 56 Battle of the Philosophers Chapter 9 The Seven Years War Chapter 10 The Final Decade Appendix Bibliography Index About the Author
Introduction Chapter 1 Youth 1703 1723 Chapter 2 Travel Broadens the Mind Chapter 3 Paris and Rome 1725 30 Chapter 4 Hero of the Battlefield Chapter 5 The Professional Writer 1735 1740 Chapter 6 The Court of the Best of all Possible Kings Chapter 7 Mid Life Crisis Chapter 8 1748 56 Battle of the Philosophers Chapter 9 The Seven Years War Chapter 10 The Final Decade Appendix Bibliography Index About the Author
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