Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. This volume presents a broad cross-section of Voltaire's continuing interests in theatre, history, religion, science, philosophy, literature and poetry. For students and scholars of the 18th-century Enlightenment.
Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. This volume presents a broad cross-section of Voltaire's continuing interests in theatre, history, religion, science, philosophy, literature and poetry. For students and scholars of the 18th-century Enlightenment.
List of illustrations
List of abbreviations
Key to the critical apparatus
Key to bibliographical descriptions
Acknowledgements
Preface, by David Williams
Le Dépositaire, comédie Critical edition by Russell Goulbourne and W. D. Howarth
Défense de Louis XIV Edition critique par Myrtille Méricam-Bourdet
Requête à tous les magistrats du royaume. Composée par trois avocats d’un Parlement Edition critique par Roland Mortier
Traduction du poème de Jean Plokof, conseiller de Holstein sur les affaires présentes Critical edition by Simon Davies
Ode pindarique à propos de la guerre présente en Grèce Critical edition by Simon Davies
Le Système vraisemblable Edition critique par Paolo Casini
Lettre de M. Hude, échevin d’Amsterdam, écrite en 1620 (Fragment) Edition critique par Jeroom Vercruysse
Epître au roi de la Chine sur son recueil de vers qu’il a fait imprimer Critical edition by Basil Guy and John R. Iverson
Shorter verse of 1769-1770 Critical edition by Simon Davies
Fragment sur le pouvoir temporel (Texte attribué à Voltaire) Edition critique par Myrtille Méricam-Bourdet
List of collective editions cited
List of works cited
Index of verse incipits
Index
Thomas Wynn, French Studies 68.2 (2014): "Myrtille Méricam-Bourdet’s exemplary introduction to the Défense de Louis XIV considers Voltaire’s complex response to the Physiocrats, who contested the mercantilist policies practised by Colbert. She convincingly argues that Voltaire’s unoriginal and partial historical analysis (often in contradiction to his other writings) gives way to an ad hominem polemic that failed to sway his contemporary readers."
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