Format:
1 Online-Ressource (circa 84 ungezählte Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9781108866552
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9781108791724
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements
Content:
Voltaire's correspondence has been described as his 'greatest masterpiece' - but if it is, it is also his least studied. One of the most prodigious correspondences in Western literature, it poses significant interpretative challenges to the critic and reader alike. Considered individually, the letters present a series of complex, subtle, and playful literary performances; taken together, they constitute a formidable, and even forbidding, ensemble. How can modern readers even attempt to understand such an imposing work? This Element addresses this question through the use of digital reading methods and resources that enhance our understanding of this complex literary object and its relationship to Voltaire's more canonical literary output, and indeed to the Enlightenment world at large. Nicholas Cronk and Glenn Roe provide scholars and students with new pathways into this particular corpus, using tools and approaches that can then be applied to correspondences and life-writing texts in all languages and periods.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108791724
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Cronk, Nicholas Voltaire's correspondence Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781108791724
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Voltaire 1694-1778
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Brief
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Digital Humanities
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Voltaire 1694-1778
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Brief
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Computerunterstütztes Verfahren
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Forschung
DOI:
10.1017/9781108866552
