The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes [Collected Writings of Rousseau, Volume 5]
Language: English
Published by Dartmouth College / University Press of New England, 1995
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Ed. Christopher Kelly, Roger D. Masters, and Peter G. Stillman. Large 8vo. 700 pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Slight edgewear to boards and jacket. One small tear to head of jacket spine. Interior unmarked.
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- Title
- The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes [Collected Writings of Rousseau, Volume 5]
- Author
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College / University Press of New England
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0874517079
- ISBN 13
- 9780874517071
- Edition
- First Edition.
Based on his doctrine of natural goodness, Rousseau intended the Confessions as a testing ground to explore his belief that, as Christopher Kelly writes,"people are to be measured by the depth and nature of their feelings." Re-created here in a meticulously documented new translation based on the definitive Pleiade edition, the work represents Rousseau's attempt to forge connections among his beliefs, his feelings, and his life. More than a "behind-the-scenes look at the private life of a public man," Kelly writes, "the Confessions is at the center of Rousseau's philosophical enterprise."
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Enhanced by revealing slices of the correspondence . . . an exemplary introduction and notes . . . An English translation of the French classic has to bear comparison with J. M. Cohen's Penguin Classics version of 1953. Kelley passes that test with flying colors . . . Kelly's will certainly endure as the work of reference in English, as Bernard Gagnebin's Pleiade edition of 1959 provides the basic reference in French. Civilization"
Kelly's careful translation, based on the latest French critical edition, seems likely to become the standard English version of the Confessions . . . Highly recommended. Library Journal"
-Enhanced by revealing slices of the correspondence . . . an exemplary introduction and notes . . . An English translation of the French classic has to bear comparison with J. M. Cohen's Penguin Classics version of 1953. Kelley passes that test with flying colors . . . Kelly's will certainly endure as the work of reference in English, as Bernard Gagnebin's Pleiade edition of 1959 provides the basic reference in French.- --Civilization
-Kelly's careful translation, based on the latest French critical edition, seems likely to become the standard English version of the Confessions . . . Highly recommended.- --Library Journal
"Enhanced by revealing slices of the correspondence . . . an exemplary introduction and notes . . . An English translation of the French classic has to bear comparison with J. M. Cohen's Penguin Classics version of 1953. Kelley passes that test with flying colors . . . Kelly's will certainly endure as the work of reference in English, as Bernard Gagnebin's Pleiade edition of 1959 provides the basic reference in French."-- "Civilization"
"Kelly's careful translation, based on the latest French critical edition, seems likely to become the standard English version of the Confessions . . . Highly recommended."-- "Library Journal"
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