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Author Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784.

Title Rameau's nephew : and, First satire / Denis Diderot ; translated by Margaret Mauldon ; with an introduction and notes by Nicholas Cronk.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 139 pages) : illustrations.
Series Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Note Translated from the French.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxx).
Note Print version record.
Summary 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'. - ;'unless you know everything, you really know nothing'. Diderot's brilliant and witty dialogue begins with a chance encounter in a Paris caf--eacute--; between two acquaintances. Their talk ranges broadly across art, music, education, and the contemporary scene, as the nephew of composer Rameau, amoral and bohemian, a.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Denis Diderot -- RAMEAU'S NEPHEW -- FIRST SATIRE -- Appendix: Goethe on Rameau's Nephew -- Explanatory Notes -- Glossary of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V.
Language Translated from the French.
Subject French prose literature -- 18th century -- Translations into English.
Satire, French -- 18th century -- Translations into English.
French prose literature. (OCoLC)fst00934829
Satire, French. (OCoLC)fst01105716
Chronological Term 1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
Added Author Mauldon, Margaret.
Cronk, Nicholas.
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784. Satire première. English.
Added Title Neveu de Rameau. English
Rameau's nephew ; and, First satire
First satire.
Other Form: Print version: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784. Neveu de Rameau. English. Rameau's nephew. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006011792
ISBN 9780191517327 (electronic bk.)
0191517321 (electronic bk.)
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