Author:
Gay, Peter, 1923-2015.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton, [1971, c1954]
Descriptionxiii, 289 p., vii p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Part One: VOLTAIRE: 1. The Philosohe in his dictionary: (a) The man in his book ; (b) The book in its culture -- 2. Voltaire's Idées Républicaines: from detection to interpretation -- 3. Voltaire's anti-Semitism -- Part Two: TOWARD SYNTHESIS: 4. The unity of the French Enlightenment -- 5. Three stages on love's way: Rousseau, Laclos, Diderot -- 6. Rhetoric and politics in the French Revolution -- Part Three: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 7. Carl Becker's heavenly city -- 8. Reading about Rousseau: (a) A survey of the literature ; (b) A blueprint for a biography -- 9. The party of humanity.
Bibliography Note:Bibliographical footnotes.
