New essays on Diderot

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New essays on Diderot

Statement of responsibility

edited by James Fowler

Contributor

• Fowler, J. E., (James E)

Subject

• Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
• LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General

Language

eng

Summary

"The great eighteenth-century French thinker Denis Diderot (1713-1784) once compared himself to a weathervane, by which he meant that his mind was in constant motion. In an extraordinarily diverse career he produced novels, plays, art criticism, works of philosophy and poetics, and also reflected on music and opera. Perhaps most famously, he ensured the publication of the Encyclopédie, which has often been credited with hastening the onset of the French Revolution. Known as one of the three greatest philosophes of the Enlightenment, Diderot rejected the Christian ideas in which he had been raised. Instead, he became an atheist and a determinist. His radical questioning of received ideas and established religion led to a brief imprisonment, and for that reason, no doubt, some of his subsequent works were written for posterity. This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of this extraordinary figure as we approach the tercentenary of his birth"--

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

848/.509

Index

index present

LC call number

PQ1979

LC item number

.N49 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography