Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius - Paperback

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius - Paperback

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius - Paperback

by Leo Damrosch
$32.50
$32.50

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by Leo Damrosch (Author)

The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau burst unexpectedly onto the eighteenth-century literary scene as a provocateur whose works electrified readers. An autodidact who had not written anything of significance by age thirty, Rousseau seemed an unlikely candidate to become one of the most influential thinkers in history. Yet the power of his ideas is felt to this day in our political and social lives.

In a masterly and definitive biography, Leo Damrosch traces the extraordinary life of Rousseau with novelistic verve. He presents Rousseau's books -- The Social Contract, one of the greatest works on political theory; Emile, a groundbreaking treatise on education; and the Confessions, which created the genre of introspective autobiography -- as works uncannily alive and provocative even today. Jean-Jacques Rousseau offers a vivid portrait of the visionary's tumultuous life.
Number of Pages: 576
Dimensions: 1.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 14, 2007
ISBN9780618872022
Author Leo Damrosch
PublisherMariner Books
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages576
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Leo Damrosch

Leo Damrosch is the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature Emeritus at Harvard University. His many books include Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (National Book Award finalist); Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova; The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age; and Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World (National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist). He lives in Newton, MA.

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