| On Women, Love, and Family Contributor(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Author), Kelly, Christopher (Editor), Grace, Eve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1584657502 ISBN-13: 9781584657507 Publisher: Dartmouth College OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 Annotation: Brings together Rousseau's key published writings on women, love, and family. The editors will write a short introductory essay. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Political Science |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 2008054083 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 335 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A key thematic sampling of Rousseau's published writings come together in this exciting anthology, some newly translated or translated into English for the first time by the editors. Featured writings include Narcissus; Queen Whimsical; The Two Sexes, and On Love (from Letter to d'Alembert); "On Women," "Sophie, or the Woman," On Love, and Mothers and Infants (from Emile); Women of Paris, and Domestic Life (from Julie); Letters to "Henriette"; The Death of Lucretia; Essay on the Important Events of Which Women Have Been the Secret Cause; The Levite of Ephraim; The Loves of Milord Edward Bomston; Pygmalion; Letters to Sara; The Naturalness of the Family (from the Second Discourse); "A Household on rue St. Denis"; and Emile and Sophie, or the Solitaries. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment. |