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The Fortunes of Pope's 'Essay on man' in 18th-century France
Published on31 December 1971156 pagesISBN:9780729401746 (Paperback) |eISBN:9781786943910 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3828/9780729401746Ebook available to libraries as part of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment ONLINEOxford University Studies in the Enlightenment ONLINE Free Trial
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Introduction |
| I. Background to the Du Resnel and Silhouette translations |
| A. The Voltaire-Du Resnel relationship and the problem of authorship |
| B. The general principles of poetic translation and specifically with regard to the two texts |
| II. The early French reaction to the translations |
| III. Voltaire's reaction to the Essay on man |
| IV. Fontanes's translation and the later French reaction |
| Conclusion |
| List of works consulted |