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Complete Works of Voltaire 45A: Writings of 1753-1757(45A Complete Works of Voltaire)

Complete Works of Voltaire 45A: Writings of 1753-1757(45A Complete Works of Voltaire)


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Following his traumatic departure from the court of Frederick the Great, Voltaire wrote "L’Orphelin de la Chine", a play later identified as a turning point in French theatre from the point of view of costume and set design. As he settled in Switzerland, he composed the "Epître de l’auteur, en arrivant dans sa terre près du lac de Genève". Yet he remained alert to goings-on in the outside world: in Italy, with the "Examen du Testament politique du cardinal Albéroni", in Portugal, with the "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne", which grapples with the problem of human suffering and foreshadows "Candide", and in Austria and Hungary, with some shorter poems.

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Examen du Testament politique du cardinal Albéroni; L’Orphelin de la Chine; Epître de l’auteur, en arrivant dans sa terre près du lac de Genève, en mars 1755; Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne; Shorter verse of 1753-1757: Vers au roi de Prusse, en lui renvoyant le cordon de l’ordre du mérite et la clef du chambellan; Vers de M. de Voltaire, 'Ami de la liberté'; Vers pour le portrait de M. d’Alembert, envoyés au peintre La Tour; A Mme la marquise de Belestat; A M. le président de Fleurieu; Aux habitants de Lyon; A Mme Denis, 'L'art n'y fait rien, les beaux noms, les beaux lieux'; Epître à l’empereur (François Ier) et l’impératrice, reine de Hongrie; A M. le maréchal duc de Richelieu, sur la conquête de Mahon, en 1756; A M. le comte de **, ‘Marc Aurèle autrefois des princes le modèle’; A M. Des Mahis, ‘Vous ne comptez pas trente hivers’; Vers au roi de Prusse, ‘O Salomon du Nord’; A M. Sénac de Meilhan, ‘Elève du jeune Apollon’; Sur M. de Fontenelle; A Mme Du Bocage, pendant son voyage d’Italie; A Mme la marquise de Monferat, ‘Les malins qu’Ignace engendra’; A M. ***, ‘Croyez-moi, je renonce à toutes les chimères’; Réponse à une jolie petite pièce intitulée ‘Les Torts’; A M. de C…, sur son ballet de Misis

Review :
Revue Voltaire: "Les cent vingt-deux vers de l’Epître de l’auteur en arrivant dans sa terre […] bénéficient d’une introduction de vingt-cinq pages et d’une ample annotation: ils les méritent, car il s’agit d’une œuvre importante et d’une belle œuvre, confidence poétique sur la conception voltairienne du bonheur et hymne à la liberté. […] Plus ample et plus célèbre aujourd’hui est le Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, [édité] avec tout l’appareil nécessaire pour mettre en lumière l’origine et la portée de ce poème philosophique. […] Le paratexte sera particulièrement utile, tant par la présence des multiples variantes significatives que par les rapprochements avec le reste de l’œuvre de Voltaire, où la question de l’optimisme est si souvent évoquée. […] Les informations nécessaires sont rassemblées, souvent pour la première fois, dans cette édition pionnière [des courts poèmes de la période] […] En complétant la correspondance et en offrant de l’écrivain une image souvent plus spontanée et plus intime, tantôt plus aimable, tantôt plus amère, ces vers épars contribuent à nous faire entrevoir le visage vivant de Voltaire."


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  • ISBN-13: 9780729409421
  • Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
  • Publisher Imprint: Voltaire Foundation
  • Edition: Critical edition
  • Language: French
  • Series Title: 45A Complete Works of Voltaire
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0729409422
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jun 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 482
  • Sub Title: Writings of 1753-1757


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