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OverviewThe philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau burst unexpectedly onto the eighteenth-century literary scene as a provocateur whose works electrified readers. An autodidact who had not written anything of significance by age thirty, Rousseau seemed an unlikely candidate to become one of the most influential thinkers in history. Yet the power of his ideas is felt to this day in our political and social lives. In a masterly and definitive biography, Leo Damrosch traces the extraordinary life of Rousseau with novelistic verve. He presents Rousseau's books -- The Social Contract, one of the greatest works on political theory; Emile, a groundbreaking treatise on education; and the Confessions, which created the genre of introspective autobiography -- as works uncannily alive and provocative even today. Jean-Jacques Rousseau offers a vivid portrait of the visionary's tumultuous life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor of English Leopold Damrosch, JrPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780618872022ISBN 10: 0618872027 Pages: 576 Publication Date: 01 August 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. These pages...bring to astonishing life...an impossible man whose books made modern life possible....Immensely enjoyable and fast-paced. --Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies An incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. Publishers Weekly The erratic, inventive urgency of the life is all here. A delight to read. --Stacy Schiff The New York Times Book Review -- These pages...bring to astonishing life...an impossible man whose books made modern life possible....Immensely enjoyable and fast-paced. --Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies An incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. Publishers Weekly The erratic, inventive urgency of the life is all here. A delight to read. --Stacy Schiff The New York Times Book Review--No Source An incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. These pages...bring to astonishing life...an impossible man whose books made modern life possible....Immensely enjoyable and fast-paced. --Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies These pages...bring to astonishing life...an impossible man whose books made modern life possible....Immensely enjoyable and fast-paced. --Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies An incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. These pages...bring to astonishing life...an impossible man whose books made modern life possible....Immensely enjoyable and fast-paced. --Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club and American Studies An incisive, accessible, and sensitive portrait . . . Damrosch has performed a signal service. Publishers Weekly The erratic, inventive urgency of the life is all here. A delight to read. --Stacy Schiff The New York Times Book Review Author InformationLEO DAMROSCH was awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, among other honors. Currently the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of literature at Harvard University, he has written widely on eighteenth-century writers. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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