The confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / translated and with an introduction by J.M. Cohen
1982, Reprint. London, England; New York, N.Y., USA: Penguin Books. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #336641
Physical description: 606 pages; 18 cm. Notes: Originally published in 1781. Translated from the French. Summary: Only a few popular autobiographies existed before philosopher, author, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau published his Confessions. Rousseau wrote treatises on education and politics as well as novels and operas, and as one of the most influential and controversial of the Enlightenment thinkers, he inspired the leaders of the French Revolution. His memoir is regarded as the first modern autobiography, in which the writer defined his life mainly in terms of his worldly experiences and personal feelings. Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 Biography. Authors, French 18th century; Biography. Authors, French. French prose literature 18th century. Philosophers France; Biography. Philosophy, French 18th century. Authors, French 18th century; Biography. Genre: Autobiographies. Biography.
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