Reinventing Voltaire - The Politics of Commemoration in Nineteenth-century France

How was Voltaire's legacy seen in France between 1830 and 1900? To what extent did the nineteenth century reinvent Voltaire? Viewed during these years through the distorting lens of the French Revolution, Voltaire was vilified and venerated in roughly equal measure: as an icon of republican anticlericalism on the one hand, and a deeply Christian reformer on the other. This wide-ranging study uses the rich sources of the Parisian periodical and daily press to examine the evolution of Voltaire's legacy as it was contested through caricature and statuary as much as through editions and criticism of his works.

Summary

How was Voltaire's legacy seen in France between 1830 and 1900? This wide-ranging study uses the rich sources of the Parisian periodical and daily press to examine the evolution of Voltaire's legacy as it was contested through caricature and statuary as much as through editions and criticism of his works.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Bird
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2000
• EAN: 9780729407427
• ISBN: 978-0-7294-0742-7
• No. of pages: 257
• Weight: 470 g
• Illustrations: 19ill.
• Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment; Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies