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Voltaire and Candide : a study in the fusion of history, art, and philosophy
- Title
- Voltaire and Candide : a study in the fusion of history, art, and philosophy / by Ira O. Wade ; with the text of the La Vallière manuscript of Candide.
- Author
- Wade, Ira O., 1896-1983
- Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1959.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | E-11 774 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvi, 369 pages, vi pages of plates, 82 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles; 25 cm
- Series Statement
- Princeton publications in modern languages ; no. 11
- Uniform Title
- Princeton publications in modern languages ; no. 11.
- Alternative Title
- La Vallière manuscript of Candide.
- Subjects
- Note
- "The La Vallière manuscript of Candide"(82 unnumbered pages of plates following page 369) reproduces in facsimile the only known manuscript of Candide, presented by Voltaire to the Duchesse de La Vallière and housed at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (no. 3160). Each page of the facsimile represents 2 pages of the original.
- "Vignettes from the three earliest editions of Candide": plates i-vi (following page 238).
- "Offset illustration and facsimile of the manuscript by the Meriden Gravure Company"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-363) and index.
- Contents
- Part I. The philosophical background: Optimism and the problem of evil ; Leibnitz and the philosophy of optimism ; Voltaire and Leibnitz ; Voltaire and Pope's Essay on man -- Part II. The genesis of Candide: Scarmentado ; The Lisbon earthquake ; Le poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne ; Vexations ; The four horsemen ; The Mémoires de Voltaire and Candide -- Part III. The composition and publication: The date of composition ; The La Vallière manuscript ; Publication ; The 1759 editions of Candide -- Part IV. The meaning of Candide: On the relationship between structure and meaning in Candide ; Thought, too, is a power ; The effects of light and shade ; Plot, setting, and characters -- The La Vallière manuscript of Candide.
- Call Number
- E-11 774
- LCCN
- 59011085
- OCLC
- 342753
- Author
- Wade, Ira O., 1896-1983, author.
- Title
- Voltaire and Candide : a study in the fusion of history, art, and philosophy / by Ira O. Wade ; with the text of the La Vallière manuscript of Candide.
- Publisher
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1959.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Princeton publications in modern languages ; no. 11Princeton publications in modern languages ; no. 11.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-363) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Container of (expression): Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide.Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Manuscript. 3160.
- Added Title
- La Vallière manuscript of Candide.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Wade, Ira O., 1896-1983. Voltaire and Candide. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1959 (OCoLC)659376742
- Research Call Number
- E-11 774*KAK (Voltaire) 03-87