Rameau's Nephew and First Satire (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Diderot, Denis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199539995 ISBN 13: 9780199539994

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

'unless you know everything, you really know nothing'

Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue begins with a chance encounter in a Paris café between two acquaintances. Their talk ranges broadly across art, music, education, and the contemporary scene, as the nephew of composer Rameau, amoral and bohemian, alternately shocks and amuses the moral, bourgeois figure of his interlocutor. Exuberant and highly entertaining, the dialogue exposes the corruption of society in Diderot's characteristic philosophical exploration.

The debates of the French Enlightenment speak to us vividly in this sparkling new translation, which also includes the First Satire , a related work that provides the context for Rameau's Nephew, Diderot's 'second satire'.
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Product Description:

In Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue two acquaintances discuss art, music, education and society. A key work of the French Enlightenment, in this sparkling new translation it is paired with Diderot's First Satire, providing context for Rameau's Nephew, the 'second satire'.

About the Author:

Margaret Mauldon has translated novels by Zola, Maupassant, Stendhal, Huysmans, and most recently Flaubert's Madame Bovary for Oxford World's Classics. Nicholas Cronk has edited Voltaire's Letters Concerning the English Nation and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac for Oxford World's Classics.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199539995
• ISBN 13: 9780199539994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176