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Diderot the Satirist: Le Neveu de Rameau & Related Works / An Analysis

Diderot the Satirist: Le Neveu de Rameau & Related Works / An Analysis

O'Gorman, Donal

Paperback

Series: Heritage

Letters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1487579152
ISBN13: 9781487579159
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Dec 15 1971
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In this highly original and provocative contribution to Diderot scholarship, Professor O'Gorman analyses Diderot's three satirical works: Le Neveu de Rameau, Satire première, and Lui et Moi. A brillant satire in dialogue, Le Neveu de Rameau is Diderot's masterpiece. Subjected to intense critical scrutiny since it first appeared in a German translation by Goethe in 1805, it remains one of the most enigmatic works in French literature. Although it is universally recognized as one of the outstanding literary monuments of the French 18th century, there is no agreement among scholars as to its structure, its literary form, or the author's meaning in the dialogue. Professor O'Gorman proposes a radical new theory of the overall meaning of the dialogue. His careful analysis of the text traces Diderot's ideas to sources in ancient literature and discloses several levels of meaning hitherto unsuspected. The discussion of Satire première is supplemented by an annotated critical edition of the work; the analysis of Lui et moi is supplemented by an annotated text.

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