University of Exeter Press
Candide
ou l'optimisme, seconde partie (1760)
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Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire’s most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie, picks up many of the original’s themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind. If it cannot begin to compare with Voltaire’s masterpiece, the tale is nonetheless an amusing and instructive imitation.
Pastiche, imitation but also a continuation of Voltaire’s most celebrated tale, Candide, seconde partie, picks up many of the original’s themes. Leibniz, Descartes and Newton are gently mocked; Pascal is accused of trying to make us hate humankind.
Frontispice: gravure sur bois de Howard Simon, 'Candide', Ives Washburn, New York, 1929
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Introduction
Fac-simile du frontispice de l'edition de 1760
Candide, ou l'optimisme, seconde partie
Notes et commentaires
Dossier critique
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