Rameau's Nephew and First Satire (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Diderot, Denis; Mauldon, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192805916 ISBN 13: 9780192805911

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In his brilliant and witty dialogue, Denis Diderot invents a chance encounter in a Paris café between two acquaintances. Their talk ranges broadly across art, music, education, and the contemporary scene, as the nephew of composer Rameau, amoral and bohemian, alternately shocks and amuses the moral, bourgeois figure of his interlocutor. Exuberant and highly entertaining, the dialogue exposes the corruption of society in Diderot's characteristic philosophical exploration.
The debates of the French Enlightenment speak to us vividly in this sparkling new translation, which also includes the only English translation of First Satire, a related work that provides the context for Rameau's Nephew, Diderot's 'second satire.' Edited by distinguished translator Margaret Mauldon, with lively introduction and notes by Nicholas Cronk, the edition includes, for the first time in English, extracts from Goethe's commentary on this seminal Enlightenment work. It will prove a valuable addition to the library to any lover of French literature.

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About the Author

Margaret Mauldon has translated novels by Zola, Maupassant, Stendhal, Huysmans, and most recently Flaubert's Madame Bovary for Oxford World's Classics.

Nicholas Cronk has edited Voltaire's Letters Concerning the English Nation and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac for Oxford World's Classics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192805916
• ISBN 13: 9780192805911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176