Voltaire. Le refus de l’intime
Since the essence of intimacy is related to where, when, or how it is felt, appraising intimacy becomes historical. With Voltaire, we are limited to la Correspondance and to “autobiographical” works. The Iatter group is composed of two autonomous pieces plus the “Lettres de Berlin” which were (re)or...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Pléiade (EA 7338)
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Itinéraires |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/598 |
| Summary: | Since the essence of intimacy is related to where, when, or how it is felt, appraising intimacy becomes historical. With Voltaire, we are limited to la Correspondance and to “autobiographical” works. The Iatter group is composed of two autonomous pieces plus the “Lettres de Berlin” which were (re)organised after the fact. The article analyses these three works by insisting on the paradox of a distanced and comical writing the self, where a man of the arts puts himself in second place after the figure of the Prince Frederic II. |
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| ISSN: | 2427-920X |