| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 265 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
A Norton critical edition |
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Norton critical edition.
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| Language |
Translated into English from the original French. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Preface to the second edtion -- The text of Candide, or optimism -- Appendix: Letter on the subject of Candide / Voltaire -- Backgrounds -- Voltaire's grin / Richard Holmes -- Voltaire's garden : The philosopher as a campaigner for human rights / Adam Gopnik -- The question of optimism / W.H. Barber -- Candide and the philosophy of the garden / Dennis Fletcher -- Gestation: Candide assembling itself / Haydn Mason -- The Voltairean genre of the Conte Philosophique: Does it exsits? / Nicholas Cronk -- Criticism -- The quality of Candide / J. G. Weightman -- Does Candide learn? Genre, discourse, and satire in Candide / Robin Howells -- Romance conventions in Voltaire's Candide / James J. Lynch -- Holding the mirror up to fiction: generic parody in Candide / Philip Stewart -- Voltaire's style: tone, pace, insinuation / Erich Auerbach -- On Candid'e philosophical style / Jean Starobinski -- The status of fiction in Voltaire's Contes / Jack Undank. |
| Summary |
"Seven critical essays -- five of them new to this edition-- representing a wide range of approaches to Candide, intended to deepen the reader's response to the work."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide.
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Candide (Voltaire) (OCoLC)fst01356654
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French fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1915-1996, translator.
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Cronk, Nicholas, editor.
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| Added Title |
Candide. English
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Optimism |
| ISBN |
9780393932522 (paperback) |
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0393932524 (paperback) |
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