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02033aam a2200313Mi 4500 001 374C6B78475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170220s2017 enka 000 0 eng 020 $a 0199688354 020 $a 9780199688357 035 $a (OCoLC)981742732 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a PQ2122 C76 2017 100 1 $a Cronk, Nicholas, $e author. 245 10 $a Voltaire : $b a very short introduction / $c Nicholas Cronk. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford $b Oxford University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a 151 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introductions ; $v 511. 520 $a LITERARY STUDIES: C 1500 TO C 1800. Voltaire (1694-1778), best remembered as the author of Candide, is one of the central actors - arguably the defining personality - of the European Enlightenment. In this Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cronk explores Voltaire's remarkable career and demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to our notion and understanding of the Enlightenment. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings, Cronk examines the nature of Voltaire's literary celebrity, demonstrating the extent to which his work was reactive and practical, and therefore made sense within the broader context of the debates to which he responded. The most famous living author in Europe in the 18th century, Cronk emphasises Voltaire's skills of 'performance' as a writer and his continued relevance today. He concludes by looking not only at Voltaire's impact in literature and philosophy, but also his influence on French political values and modern French politics. 600 10 $a Voltaire, $d 1694-1778 $x Criticism and interpretation. 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 511. 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710035457.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022546.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806073743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=374C6B78475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search