Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 338 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781139170642
Series Statement:
Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Uniform Title:
Aventures de Télémaque
Content:
Fénelon's Telemachus (1699) is, alongside Bossuet's Politics, the most important work of political theory of the grand siècle in France. It was also the most widely read work of the time, influencing Montesquieu and Rousseau in its attempt to combine monarchism with republican virtues. Fénelon tells of the moral and political education of Telemachus, young son of Ulysses, by his tutor Mentor (the goddess Minerva in disguise). Telemachus visits every corner of the Mediterranean world and learns patience, courage, modesty and simplicity, the qualities he will need when he succeeds Ulysses as King of Ithaca. It is the story of the transformation of an egoistic young man into a model ruler, and is meant (among other things) as a commentary on the bellicosity and luxuriousness of Louis XIV. The present English edition follows closely that of Tobias Smollett published in 1776
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521450423
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521456623
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521450423
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe, 1651 - 1715 Telemachus, son of Ulysses Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994 ISBN 9780521450423
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521456623
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052145042X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521456622
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139170642
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Author information:
Riley, Patrick 1941-2015
Author information:
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe 1651-1715
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