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The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes: 05 (Collected Writings of Rousseau)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Paperback. A new English translation, the first to be based on the definitive French Pleiade edition." Translator(s): Kelly, Christopher; Bush, Judith R. Series: The Collected Writings of Rousseau. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBD; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1008.
When Rousseau first read his Confessions to a 1770 gathering in Paris, reactions varied from admiration of his candor to doubts about his sanity to outrage. Indeed, Rousseau's intent and approach were revolutionary. As one of the first attempts at autobiography, the Confessions' novelty lay not in just its retelling the facts of Rousseau's life, but in its revelation of his innermost feelings and its frank description of the strengths and failings of his character. Based on his doctrine of natural goodness, Rousseau intended the Confessions as a testing ground to explore his belief that, as Christopher Kelly writes,"people ... Read more
When Rousseau first read his Confessions to a 1770 gathering in Paris, reactions varied from admiration of his candor to doubts about his sanity to outrage. Indeed, Rousseau's intent and approach were revolutionary. As one of the first attempts at autobiography, the Confessions' novelty lay not in just its retelling the facts of Rousseau's life, but in its revelation of his innermost feelings and its frank description of the strengths and failings of his character. Based on his doctrine of natural goodness, Rousseau intended the Confessions as a testing ground to explore his belief that, as Christopher Kelly writes,"people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Series
The Collected Writings of Rousseau
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780874518368
SKU
V9780874518368
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