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Literary Studies
Renaissance Studies
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- ISBN 9780859897235
- Dimensions: 150 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jul 2003
- Publisher: University of Exeter
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Édouard M. Langille is Professor of French Language and Literature at the St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
