Roger Pearson is Professor of French at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Queen”s College. He has translated and edited Candide and Other Stories for Oxford World”s Classics and is the author of The Fables of Reason: A Study of Voltaire”s Contes Philosophiques. His other publications include books on Stendhal and Mallarm.
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Pearson Roger Pearson: Voltaire Almighty
Voltaire Almighty provides a lively look at the life and thought of one of the major forces behind European Enlightenment. A rebel from start to finish (1694-1778), Voltaire was an ailing and unwante …
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Pearson Roger Pearson: Voltaire Almighty
During much of his life Voltaire’s plays and verse made him the toast of society, but his barbed wit and commitment to reason also got him into trouble. Jailed twice and eventually banished by the Ki …
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Pearson Roger Pearson: Stephane Mallarme
This concise biography of Stphane Mallarm (1842-98) blends an account of the poet’s life with a detailed analysis of his evolving poetic theory and practice. "A poet on this earth must be unique …
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