Candide

ou l'optimisme, seconde partie (1760)

Edited by Édouard M. Langille

Book cover: Candide

Extent: 128 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Exeter Textes Litteraires

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2003)

ISBN: 9780859897235

5.94 x 9.06 inches

Price: $30.00

On back order

Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire’s most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie, picks up many of the original’s themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind. If it cannot begin to compare with Voltaire’s masterpiece, the tale is nonetheless an amusing and instructive imitation.

Frontispice: gravure sur bois de Howard Simon, 'Candide', Ives Washburn, New York, 1929 Liste des abreviations Introduction Fac-simile du frontispice de l'edition de 1760 Candide, ou l'optimisme, seconde partie Notes et commentaires Dossier critique Bibliographie selective,


Frontispice: gravure sur bois de Howard Simon, 'Candide', Ives Washburn, New York, 1929

Liste des abreviations


Introduction

Fac-simile du frontispice de l'edition de 1760

Candide, ou l'optimisme, seconde partie

Notes et commentaires

Dossier critique

Bibliographie selective


Edouard M. Langille is Professor of French Language and Literature at the St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • Edited by Édouard M. Langille

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