Description

Book Synopsis
It was not only in his histories that Voltaire thought, worried and wrote about history.

Table of Contents
Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Voltaire’s holocaust: the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre

2. The malaise of the historian

3. In search of a philosophy of history

4. Epic history: La Henriade

5. Mock-epic history: La Pucelle d’Orléans

6. The satellites of the histories

7. Historical tales

Conclusion

List of works cited

Index

Voltaire A sense of history

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      Publisher: LUP - Voltaire Foundation
      Publication Date: 5/5/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780729408370, 978-0729408370
      ISBN10: 072940837X
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      Historiography Western philosophy: Enlightenment

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It was not only in his histories that Voltaire thought, worried and wrote about history.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      1. Voltaire’s holocaust: the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre

      2. The malaise of the historian

      3. In search of a philosophy of history

      4. Epic history: La Henriade

      5. Mock-epic history: La Pucelle d’Orléans

      6. The satellites of the histories

      7. Historical tales

      Conclusion

      List of works cited

      Index

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