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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive study of Voltaire's intellectual development, he provides the first full treatment of the effect of the English experience on Voltaire, the diversity of activity at Cirey, and the relation of Voltaire's thought to 17th- and 18th-century philosophy. By devoting considerable attention to the movements, the personal relationships
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION, pg. ix*1. EARLY TRAINING, pg. 1*2. VOLTAIRE'S LITERARY MASTERS, pg. 23*3. VOLTAIRE'S ANCESTORS IN LYRIC POETRY, pg. 44*4. POETRY AND ANTI-POETRY, pg. 82*5. THE POET AND HIS ART, pg. 93*6. THE POET AS FREE-THINKER, pg. 120*1. VOLTAIRE IN ENGLAND, pg. 149*2. THE PUBLICATION OF THE HENRIADE, pg. 156*3. VOLTAIRE'S OBSERVATIONS OF ENGLAND: THE CORRESPONDENCE, pg. 161*4. VOLTAIRE'S OBSERVATIONS OF ENGLAND: THE NOTEBOOKS, pg. 166*5. VOLTAIRE'S LITERARY ACTIVITIES, pg. 173*6. THE IMPACT OF THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE, pg. 180*7. INTERLUDE, 1728-1734: THE RESULTS OF THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE, pg. 187*8. FROM POET TO PHILOSOPHER, pg. 240*1. CIREY, pg. 251*2. MME DU CHATELET AND VOLTAIRE, pg. 265*3. VOLTAIRE AND FREDERICK, pg. 292*4. THE DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITY AT CIREY, pg. 329*5. 1738-1739: THE REVOLUTION OF A HUMAN MIND, pg. 367*6. CONTROVERSY, pg. 401*7. VOLTAIRE AND THE SCIENCE OF 1738, pg. 428*8. VOLTAIRE AND HISTORY, pg. 451*9. BIBLICAL CRITICISM, pg. 511*10. THE MEANING OF THE CIREY EXPERIENCE, pg. 564*1. VOLTAIRE AND THE PHILOSOPHERS, pg. 571*2. VOLTAIRE'S WORLD, pg. 720*3. PHILOSOPHER, "PHILOSOPHE," FREE-THINKER, OR POET?, pg. 755*4. VOLTAIREANISM AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT, pg. 768*CONCLUSION, pg. 775*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 789*INDEX, pg. 797
