Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's Encyclopédie and the novels La nouvelle Héloïse and Émile. Klappentext Ten meditations written in the two years before Rousseau's death in 1778 provide an excellent introduction to the thinker's complex world, expressing in its full force the agony of isolation and alienation For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the author's thought as he looks back over his life, searching to justify his actions, to defend himself against his critics and to elaborate upon his philosophy. It describes his sense of isolation from a society he felt had rejected his writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Reveries of the Solitary Walker - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduction A Brief Chronology First Walk Second Walk Third Walk Fourth Walk Fifth Walk Sixth Walk Seventh Walk Eighth Walk Ninth Walk Tenth Walk

Product details

• Authors: Peter France, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Assisted by: Peter France (Introduction), Peter France (Translation), France Peter (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.11.1979
• EAN: 9780140443639
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044363-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Diaries, letters & journals, Autobiography: literary, Diaries, letters and journals, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences