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The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance with recent biographical and critical materials. The Backgrounds and Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide and to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of five English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, and Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, "The Climate of Controversy," summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire’s works and includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, and John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, and Stendhal, as well as the text of "Pangloss’s Song," a ballad from the 1956 Candide-based operetta by Richard Wilbur.

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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 2nd Edition. CLASSIC: NEW Second Edition NCE Trade Paperback (Orig. 1991) Fifth Printing (c. 2008): NEW gloss-laminated handsomely-designed cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, EXCELLENT unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ SPLENDID Clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper w/ SUPERB presentation of footnotes & other scholarly apparatus. * 5.06" x 8.28" x 0.50", 0.26 kg, xii+210 (222) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Robert M. Adams's superlative revised translation of Candide provides the basis for this widely adopted Norton Critical Edition. The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance w recent biographical & critical materials. The Backgrounds & Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide & to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of 5 English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, & Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, "The Climate of Controversy," summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire's works & includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, & John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, & Stendhal, as well as the text of "Pangloss's Song," a ballad from the 1956 Candide-based operetta by Richard Wilbur. * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR & EDITOR: ROBERT M. ADAMS was professor of English emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles. A Columbia Ph.D., he also taught at Wisconsin, Rutgers, & Cornell. He authored many books, including "Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics", "Strains of Discord", "Surface and Symbol", "The Land & Literature of England", & "Shakespeare-The Four Romances". He edited 6 other Norton Critical Editions, including "The Prince" by Machiavelli, "Candide" by Voltaire, & "The Praise of Folly and Other Writings" by Erasmus, the texts of which he also translated. He was a contributing editor of The Norton Anthology of English Literature. * ABOUT NORTON CRITICAL EDITIONS: Each Norton Critical Edition includes an authoritative text, contextual & source materials, & a wide range of interpretations--from contemporary perspectives to the most current critical theory--as well as a bibliography, &, in most cases, a chronology of the author's life & work. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via Mandatory USPS PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates. Codice articolo 009903

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