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The Quotable Voltaire (Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778), François-Marie / Apgar, Garry (Hrsg.) / Langille, Edward M (Hrsg.))
The Quotable Voltaire
Autor Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778), François-Marie / Apgar, Garry (Hrsg.) / Langille, Edward M (Hrsg.)
Verlag Bucknell University Press
Sprache Englisch
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Seiten 234 S.
Artikelnummer 34589447
ISBN 978-1-68448-291-7
CHF 65.00
Zusammenfassung
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire's wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French.

This unique illustrated volume collects over 800 examples of Voltaire’s wit and wisdom, on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Along with a scholarly essay on Voltaire’s life and legacy, it also features more than 400 quotes about Voltaire, by everyone from Catherine the Great to Mike Tyson.

GARRY APGAR is a cartoonist, art historian, author, and editor. A co-founder and current President of the Voltaire Society of America, he co-authored the documentary Voltaire and Jefferson: The Sage of Ferney and the Man from Monticello, and has previously written or edited four books, including L'Art singulier de Jean Huber: Voir Voltaire and most recently, Quotes for Conservatives.
 
EDWARD LANGILLE is a professor of French at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. An internationally respected authority on eighteenth-century literature and culture, he has published many scholarly articles and books, including new scholarly editions of Voltaire's Aventure indienne and Les Aveugles, juges des couleurs in Oxford University's Ouvres complètes de Voltaire.