Voltaire and the French Academy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807891636)

This is the first study that explicitly positions Voltaire in relation to the French Academy. The volume provides the reader with a history of the Institution, an explanation of Voltaire's reasons for wanting to belong to the Academy, his polemical role in the Academy, his academic activity, an account of the Academy's view of Voltaire at the time of his death, as well as its defense of his posthumous memory.

Author: Karlis Racevskis
ISBN-10: 0807891630
ISBN-13: 9780807891636
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1975
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d