'The Philosophes' by Charles Palissot

• Other Authors: Goodman, Jessica (Editor), Ferret, Olivier (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Open Book Publishers 2021
• Subjects: Philosophy; Social & political philosophy; French; Charles Palissot de Montenoy; Les Philosophes; comedy; English translation; play; critical apparatus; translation;
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

"In 1760, the French playwright Charles Palissot de Montenoy wrote Les Philosophes - a scandalous farcical comedy about a group of opportunistic self-styled philosophers. Les Philosophes emerged in the charged historical context of the pamphlet wars surrounding the publication of Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, and delivered an oblique but acerbic criticism of the intellectuals of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, including the likes of Diderot and Rousseau. This book presents the first high-quality English translation of the play, including critical apparatus. The translation is based on Olivier Ferret's edition, and renders the text into iambic pentameter to preserve the character of the original. Adaptations are further provided of Ferret's introduction and notes. This masterful and highly accessible translation of Les Philosophes opens up this polemical text to a non-specialist audience. It will be a valuable resource to non-Francophone scholars and students working on the philosophical exchanges of the Enlightenment. Moreover, this translation - the result of a year-long project undertaken by Jessica Goodman with six of her undergraduate French students - expounds the value of collaboration between scholar and student, and, as such, provides a model for other language tutors embarking on translation projects with their students."

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (234 p.)

ISBN

OBP.0201
9781783749089
9781783749096
9781783749119
9781783749126
9781783749133

Access

Open Access