"The Philosophes" by Charles Palissot:

In 1760, the French playwright Charles Palissot de Montenoy wrote Les Philosophes - a scandalous farcical comedy about a group of opportunistic self-styled philosophers. Les Philosophes emerged in the charged historical context of the pamphlet wars surrounding the publication of Diderot and d'A...

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1. Verfasser: Palissot de Montenoy, Charles 1730-1814 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Goodman, Jessica (HerausgeberIn), Ferret, Olivier (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK Open Book Publishers [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:In 1760, the French playwright Charles Palissot de Montenoy wrote Les Philosophes - a scandalous farcical comedy about a group of opportunistic self-styled philosophers. Les Philosophes emerged in the charged historical context of the pamphlet wars surrounding the publication of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, and delivered an oblique but acerbic criticism of the intellectuals of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, including the likes of Diderot and Rousseau.This book presents the first high-quality English translation of the play, including critical apparatus. The translation is base
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ISBN:9781783749102
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DOI:10.11647/OBP.0201