Voltaire A Very Short Introduction by Cronk & Nicholas Professor of French Literature in Oxford & a Fellow of St Edmund Hall & and Director of the Voltair

Oxford University Press
Voltaire A Very Short Introduction by Cronk & Nicholas Professor of French Literature in Oxford & a Fellow of St Edmund Hall & and Director of the Voltair
This Very Short Introduction examines Voltaires 16941778 remarkable life and career. Exploring his most important writings the impact his work had on our understanding of the European Enlightenment and his status as a literary celebrity at the time Nicholas Cronk considers his continued relevance in literature politics and philosophy.