Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778) François-Marie

Gebundenes Buch

The Quotable Voltaire

Beschreibung

This unique illustrated volume collects over 800 examples of Voltaire’s wit and wisdom, on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Along with a scholarly essay on Voltaire’s life and legacy, it also features more than 400 quotes about Voltaire, by everyone from Catherine the Great to Mike Tyson.

Autor

GARRY APGAR is a cartoonist, art historian, author, and editor. A co-founder and current President of the Voltaire Society of America, he co-authored the documentary Voltaire and Jefferson: The Sage of Ferney and the Man from Monticello, and has previously written or edited four books, including L'Art singulier de Jean Huber: Voir Voltaire and most recently, Quotes for Conservatives.   EDWARD LANGILLE is a professor of French at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. An internationally respected authority on eighteenth-century literature and culture, he has published many scholarly articles and books, including new scholarly editions of Voltaire's Aventure indienne and Les Aveugles, juges des couleurs in Oxford University's uvres complètes de Voltaire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781684482924
• ISBN-10: 1684482925
• Artikelnr.: 60001227