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How was Voltaire's legacy seen in France between 1830 and 1900? This wide-ranging study uses the rich sources of the Parisian periodical and daily press to examine the evolution of Voltaire's legacy as it was contested through caricature and statuary as much as through editions and criticism of his works.


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'The first really comprehensive study of the different phases in which Voltaire was reinvented and then celebrated after his death. There’s also a chapter on popular editions of his work and the extent to which Voltaire is read by a broader reading public—a more working class reading public.'
Nicholas Cronk, Five Books

Table of Contents
List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Politicising Voltaire

II Le Siècle and the subscription campaign of 1867: the first open-air statue of Voltaire

III Exhibiting Voltaire in the public sphere: the iconographic tradition

IV Working-class editions and their readership

V Voltaire in the classroom

Conclusion

Select list of works cited

Index

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      Publisher: LUP - Voltaire Foundation
      Publication Date: 9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780729407427, 978-0729407427
      ISBN10: 072940742X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How was Voltaire's legacy seen in France between 1830 and 1900? This wide-ranging study uses the rich sources of the Parisian periodical and daily press to examine the evolution of Voltaire's legacy as it was contested through caricature and statuary as much as through editions and criticism of his works.


      Trade Review
      'The first really comprehensive study of the different phases in which Voltaire was reinvented and then celebrated after his death. There’s also a chapter on popular editions of his work and the extent to which Voltaire is read by a broader reading public—a more working class reading public.'
      Nicholas Cronk, Five Books

      Table of Contents
      List of illustrations

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      I Politicising Voltaire

      II Le Siècle and the subscription campaign of 1867: the first open-air statue of Voltaire

      III Exhibiting Voltaire in the public sphere: the iconographic tradition

      IV Working-class editions and their readership

      V Voltaire in the classroom

      Conclusion

      Select list of works cited

      Index

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