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Erasmus and Voltaire : Why They Still Matter.

Quinones, Ricardo J.

Erasmus and Voltaire : Why They Still Matter. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE: CAREER EPISODES -- 1 Names for Bastards -- 2 England, Always England -- PART TWO: WORKS: CHILDREN OF A FORTUNATE HOUR -- 3 Erasmus's Letter to van Dorp and Voltaire's Letter to Rousseau -- 4 Works Finding Their Ways -- 5 The Survivors: Praise of Folly and Candide -- PART THREE: DUALISMS -- 6 Never a Peace: 'Thus always Cain or Abel' -- Epilogue: Recurrence and Recognition -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

A companion piece to Dualisms, Quinones' 2007 book, Erasmus and Voltairediffers in method: where its predecessor looked to inveterate, unyielding differences, this new work looks to similarities.

9781442685758


Erasmus, Desiderius,--1536.
Voltaire,-1694-1778.
Erasmus, Desiderius,--1536-Criticism and interpretation.
Voltaire,-1694-1778-Criticism and interpretation.


Electronic books.

B785.E64.Q55 2010

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