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Candide (Third Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
Full title: | Candide (Third Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) |
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ISBN: | 9780393932522 |
ISBN 10: | 0393932524 |
Authors: | Voltaire |
Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
Edition: | 3 |
Num. pages: | 281 |
Binding: | Kindle Edition |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2016 |
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Synopsis
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. 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. Voltaire ; Edited By Nicholas Cronk. Includes Bibliographical References.