Writings of 1753-1757: (Les Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire, vol. 45A) - Hardcover

Voltaire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0729409422 ISBN 13: 9780729409421

Publisher: Voltaire Foundation, 2009

Synopsis

Following his traumatic departure from the court of Frederick the Great, Voltaire wrote "L’Orphelin de la Chine", a play later identified as a turning point in French theatre from the point of view of costume and set design. As he settled in Switzerland, he composed the "Epître de l’auteur, en arrivant dans sa terre près du lac de Genève". Yet he remained alert to goings-on in the outside world: in Italy, with the "Examen du Testament politique du cardinal Albéroni", in Portugal, with the "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne", which grapples with the problem of human suffering and foreshadows "Candide", and in Austria and Hungary, with some shorter poems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 0729409422
• ISBN 13: 9780729409421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482
• Editor: Guy Basil, Mason Haydn T., Et Al.