Montesquieu revisited:
Montesquieu (1689-1755) was one of the major figures of the French Enlightenment. He was a widely travelled man, unusual in those days for French intellectuals, and like de Tocqueville a century later, he brought his magnificent powers of observation to bear on what he had seen. Credited as one of t...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York
Twayne u.a.
1992
|
| Series: | Twayne's world authors series
829 : French literature |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Summary: | Montesquieu (1689-1755) was one of the major figures of the French Enlightenment. He was a widely travelled man, unusual in those days for French intellectuals, and like de Tocqueville a century later, he brought his magnificent powers of observation to bear on what he had seen. Credited as one of the principal inventors of what we today call political science, Montesquieu is primarily known to English-speaking readers by the great work De l'esprit des lois (Spirit of the Laws). But Les Lettres Persanes (The Persian Letters) is still required reading in French lycees and universities and is considered as much a literary work as a political treatise In Montesquieu Revisited, Peter V. Conroy, Jr., reevaluates Montesquieu as a fully fledged "homme de lettres," no longer merely a political, social, and economic commentator. Conroy offers detailed readings of The Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws as well as an explication of three important but largely overlooked works, Voyages in Europe, Considerations on the Romans, and My Thoughts. In his discussion of these works, Conroy shows what is unique and original in Montesquieu: his theory of climate and its effect on civilization, his desire to show the impact of values and attitudes upon historical events, his narrative strategies, and his constant analytical bent. Montesquieu emerges as a more complex figure than the conventional view of him as exemplar of the age of reason - in fact as a more truly "modern" author |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 160 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0805782737 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 cb4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV007269044 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 00000000000000.0 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 930511s1992 a||| |||| 00||| engod | ||
| 020 | |a 0805782737 |9 0-8057-8273-7 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)26054283 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV007269044 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-739 |a DE-355 |a DE-19 |a DE-188 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a PQ2012 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 848/.509 |2 20 | |
| 084 | |a IG 2455 |0 (DE-625)55953:11856 |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Conroy, Peter V. |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Montesquieu revisited |c Peter V. Conroy, Jr. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Twayne u.a. |c 1992 | |
| 300 | |a XIII, 160 S. |b Ill. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Twayne's world authors series |v 829 : French literature | |
| 520 | 3 | |a Montesquieu (1689-1755) was one of the major figures of the French Enlightenment. He was a widely travelled man, unusual in those days for French intellectuals, and like de Tocqueville a century later, he brought his magnificent powers of observation to bear on what he had seen. Credited as one of the principal inventors of what we today call political science, Montesquieu is primarily known to English-speaking readers by the great work De l'esprit des lois (Spirit of the Laws). But Les Lettres Persanes (The Persian Letters) is still required reading in French lycees and universities and is considered as much a literary work as a political treatise | |
| 520 | |a In Montesquieu Revisited, Peter V. Conroy, Jr., reevaluates Montesquieu as a fully fledged "homme de lettres," no longer merely a political, social, and economic commentator. Conroy offers detailed readings of The Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws as well as an explication of three important but largely overlooked works, Voyages in Europe, Considerations on the Romans, and My Thoughts. In his discussion of these works, Conroy shows what is unique and original in Montesquieu: his theory of climate and its effect on civilization, his desire to show the impact of values and attitudes upon historical events, his narrative strategies, and his constant analytical bent. Montesquieu emerges as a more complex figure than the conventional view of him as exemplar of the age of reason - in fact as a more truly "modern" author | ||
| 600 | 1 | 4 | |a Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | |a Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> |x Criticism and interpretation |
| 600 | 1 | 7 | |a Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de |d 1689-1755 |0 (DE-588)118583670 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de |d 1689-1755 |0 (DE-588)118583670 |D p |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Twayne's world authors series |v 829 : French literature |w (DE-604)BV000011474 |9 829 : French l | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m HBZ Datenaustausch |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=004665293&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-004665293 | ||
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804121491535560704 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Titel: Montesquieu revisited
Autor: Conroy, Peter V.
Jahr: 1992
Contents
Preface vii
Chronology xi
Chapter One
Biography 1
Chapter Two
The Persian Letters 11
Chapter Three
Voyages in Europe 42
Chapter Four
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the
Romans and their Decadence 52
Chapter Five
The Spirit of the Laivs 69
Chapter Six
Minor Works 106
Chapter Seven
Ales Pense es 123
Chapter Eight
Conclusions 134
Notes and References 13 9
Selected Bibliography 143
Index 155
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Conroy, Peter V. |
| author_facet | Conroy, Peter V. |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Conroy, Peter V. |
| author_variant | p v c pv pvc |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV007269044 |
| callnumber-first | P - Language and Literature |
| callnumber-label | PQ2012 |
| callnumber-raw | PQ2012 |
| callnumber-search | PQ2012 |
| callnumber-sort | PQ 42012 |
| callnumber-subject | PQ - French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Literature |
| classification_rvk | IG 2455 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)26054283 (DE-599)BVBBV007269044 |
| dewey-full | 848/.509 |
| dewey-hundreds | 800 - Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric |
| dewey-ones | 848 - French miscellaneous writings |
| dewey-raw | 848/.509 |
| dewey-search | 848/.509 |
| dewey-sort | 3848 3509 |
| dewey-tens | 840 - Literatures of Romance languages |
| discipline | Romanistik |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03184nam a2200409 cb4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV007269044</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">00000000000000.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">930511s1992 a||| |||| 00||| engod</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0805782737</subfield><subfield code="9">0-8057-8273-7</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)26054283</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV007269044</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-739</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-355</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-19</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-188</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">PQ2012</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">848/.509</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">IG 2455</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)55953:11856</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Conroy, Peter V.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Montesquieu revisited</subfield><subfield code="c">Peter V. Conroy, Jr.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York</subfield><subfield code="b">Twayne u.a.</subfield><subfield code="c">1992</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XIII, 160 S.</subfield><subfield code="b">Ill.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Twayne's world authors series</subfield><subfield code="v">829 : French literature</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Montesquieu (1689-1755) was one of the major figures of the French Enlightenment. He was a widely travelled man, unusual in those days for French intellectuals, and like de Tocqueville a century later, he brought his magnificent powers of observation to bear on what he had seen. Credited as one of the principal inventors of what we today call political science, Montesquieu is primarily known to English-speaking readers by the great work De l'esprit des lois (Spirit of the Laws). But Les Lettres Persanes (The Persian Letters) is still required reading in French lycees and universities and is considered as much a literary work as a political treatise</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In Montesquieu Revisited, Peter V. Conroy, Jr., reevaluates Montesquieu as a fully fledged "homme de lettres," no longer merely a political, social, and economic commentator. Conroy offers detailed readings of The Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws as well as an explication of three important but largely overlooked works, Voyages in Europe, Considerations on the Romans, and My Thoughts. In his discussion of these works, Conroy shows what is unique and original in Montesquieu: his theory of climate and its effect on civilization, his desire to show the impact of values and attitudes upon historical events, his narrative strategies, and his constant analytical bent. Montesquieu emerges as a more complex figure than the conventional view of him as exemplar of the age of reason - in fact as a more truly "modern" author</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755></subfield><subfield code="x">Criticism and interpretation</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="600" ind1="1" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de</subfield><subfield code="d">1689-1755</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)118583670</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de</subfield><subfield code="d">1689-1755</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)118583670</subfield><subfield code="D">p</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="830" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Twayne's world authors series</subfield><subfield code="v">829 : French literature</subfield><subfield code="w">(DE-604)BV000011474</subfield><subfield code="9">829 : French l</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">HBZ Datenaustausch</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=004665293&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-004665293</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV007269044 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T16:58:50Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0805782737 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-004665293 |
| oclc_num | 26054283 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-739 DE-355 DE-BY-UBR DE-19 DE-BY-UBM DE-188 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-739 DE-355 DE-BY-UBR DE-19 DE-BY-UBM DE-188 |
| physical | XIII, 160 S. Ill. |
| publishDate | 1992 |
| publishDateSearch | 1992 |
| publishDateSort | 1992 |
| publisher | Twayne u.a. |
| record_format | marc |
| series | Twayne's world authors series |
| series2 | Twayne's world authors series |
| spelling | Conroy, Peter V. Verfasser aut Montesquieu revisited Peter V. Conroy, Jr. New York Twayne u.a. 1992 XIII, 160 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Twayne's world authors series 829 : French literature Montesquieu (1689-1755) was one of the major figures of the French Enlightenment. He was a widely travelled man, unusual in those days for French intellectuals, and like de Tocqueville a century later, he brought his magnificent powers of observation to bear on what he had seen. Credited as one of the principal inventors of what we today call political science, Montesquieu is primarily known to English-speaking readers by the great work De l'esprit des lois (Spirit of the Laws). But Les Lettres Persanes (The Persian Letters) is still required reading in French lycees and universities and is considered as much a literary work as a political treatise In Montesquieu Revisited, Peter V. Conroy, Jr., reevaluates Montesquieu as a fully fledged "homme de lettres," no longer merely a political, social, and economic commentator. Conroy offers detailed readings of The Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws as well as an explication of three important but largely overlooked works, Voyages in Europe, Considerations on the Romans, and My Thoughts. In his discussion of these works, Conroy shows what is unique and original in Montesquieu: his theory of climate and its effect on civilization, his desire to show the impact of values and attitudes upon historical events, his narrative strategies, and his constant analytical bent. Montesquieu emerges as a more complex figure than the conventional view of him as exemplar of the age of reason - in fact as a more truly "modern" author Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> Criticism and interpretation Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de 1689-1755 (DE-588)118583670 gnd rswk-swf Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de 1689-1755 (DE-588)118583670 p DE-604 Twayne's world authors series 829 : French literature (DE-604)BV000011474 829 : French l HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=004665293&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Conroy, Peter V. Montesquieu revisited Twayne's world authors series Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> Criticism and interpretation Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de 1689-1755 (DE-588)118583670 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)118583670 |
| title | Montesquieu revisited |
| title_auth | Montesquieu revisited |
| title_exact_search | Montesquieu revisited |
| title_full | Montesquieu revisited Peter V. Conroy, Jr. |
| title_fullStr | Montesquieu revisited Peter V. Conroy, Jr. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Montesquieu revisited Peter V. Conroy, Jr. |
| title_short | Montesquieu revisited |
| title_sort | montesquieu revisited |
| topic | Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> Criticism and interpretation Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de 1689-1755 (DE-588)118583670 gnd |
| topic_facet | Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> - Critique et interprétation Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat <baron de, 1689-1755> Criticism and interpretation Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de 1689-1755 |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=004665293&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| volume_link | (DE-604)BV000011474 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT conroypeterv montesquieurevisited |