Letter to D'Alembert and writings for the theater
"In 1758, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert proposed the public establishment of a theater in Geneva - and Jean-Jacques Rousseau vigorously objected. Their exchange, collected in volume ten of this acclaimed series, offers a classic debate over the political importance of the arts. As these two leading figures of the Enlightenment argue about censorship, popular versus high culture, and the proper role of women in society, their dispute signals a declaration of war that divided the Enlightenment into opposing factions
Print Book, English, ©2004
Dartmouth College : Published by the University Press of New England, Hanover, ©2004
Early works
xxviii, 406 pages : illustrations.
9781584653530, 1584653531
53090998
Operas, plays, and ballets. Iphis ; The discovery of the new world ; The prisoners of war ; The reckless pledge ; Harlequin in love in spite of himself ; Narcissus, or, the lover of himself ; The death of Lucretia ; The gallant muses ; The festivals of Ramire ; The village soothsayer ; Pygmalion
Letter to d'Alembert and related writings. Geneva ; J.J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva, to M. d'Alembert
Correspondence relating to the Letter to d'Alembert. Letter of M. d'Alembert to M.J.J. Rousseau ; "Response to the anonymous letter written by members of the legal profession" ; Letter from Julien-David Leroy to Rousseau ; From Rousseau to Leroy