The Essential Writings of Rousseau
$52.00
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2013
Summary
Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch
The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant mor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812980387 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812980387 |
| Author: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Peter Constantine, Leo Damrosch |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 451g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
About The Author
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Peter Constantine, winner of the PEN Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of The Undiscovered Chekhov and of the complete works of Isaac Babel, as well as for his Modern Library translations, which include Gogol’s Taras Bulba, Voltaire’s Candide, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Tolstoy’s The Cossacks.
Leo Damrosch is Ernest Bernbaum Research Professor of Literature at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books, including Tocqueville’s Discovery of America and Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Restless Genius, a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award in nonfiction.
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