Voltaire Historiographer

Narrative Paradigms

AvSíofra Pierse

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Voltaire’s historical works reflect his own changing roles and preoccupations from conteur to campaigner. His groundbreaking historical output of thirty-eight texts, composed throughout his long career as a writer, is now receiving renewed critical attention.In the first study to explore the whole range of Voltaire’s writings in this domain, Síofra Pierse looks at the irreducible ambiguity of the term histoire, both factual truth and the way it is represented – ‘history’ and ‘story’. She discusses how Voltaire’s theories of history interact with other, more literary considerations, and analyses how a search for truth overlaps with a desire to create a compelling narrative that engages the reader in a deeper, collaborative, and polemical project.In Voltaire historiographer: narrative paradigms, Síofra Pierse brings to light how the philosophe exploits the potential of history not simply to record the past, but to influence the present and shape the future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-05-06
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:422 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
Antal sidor:297
Förlag:Voltaire Foundation
ISBN:9780729409322

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Síofra Pierse is Associate Professor in French and Head of SLCL at University College Dublin. She specialises in 18th-century French literature, is editor of The City in French Writing (UCD Press), co-editor of The Dark Side of Diderot (Peter Lang), author of Voltaire historiographer: Narrative Paradigms (Voltaire Foundation) and Voltaire: A Reference Guide (forthcoming).

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'La force de Voltaire historiographer vient de ses analyses systématiques de la rhétorique de Voltaire, qui permettent à l’auteur de nous montrer un Voltaire plus subtil dans ses stratégies de narrer l’histoire que ses contemporains et ses prédécesseurs.[...] Ce livre vient à point après les livres et articles récents [...] sur les histoires de Voltaire, et pose des jalons pour de nouvelles recherches, qu’elles soient plus théoriques ou littéraires, sur les récits historiques de Voltaire.'Cahiers Voltaire

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AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction: HistoriographerieI. Narrative1. The historiographer2. The author3. The readerII. Story4. Digressions5. HeroicsIII. Truth6. Fact and fable7. Truth and doubtConclusion: beyond historyAppendix: Corpus summaryBibliographyIndex