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Candide by Voltaire 1694 - 1778 |
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Candide is the story of the improbable travels and adventures of a First published 1759. Source: [REF PN 451.M36 174] McGill, Frank. "Voltaire." Cyclopedia of World Authors. Vol. III. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem P, 1958. 1847. To the top
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*also in the Literature Resource Center Journal Articles MLA Bibliography current library card required for login Get Card This is the most important database for your research. Use it to find articles in journals and essays in books. This is not a full text database, but many of the journals will be available at the library. And remember, Interlibrary Loan is always an option. Themes to consider: Comic invention, loyalty, utopia, satire, war as play, treatment of garden, evil and optimism. To the top
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"Voltaire was one of the greatest 18th century European authors, remembered as a crusader against tyranny and bigotry and noted for his wit, satire, and vigorous critical capacity."
Source: "Voltaire." Encyclopedia Britannica. Micropedia.Vol. 12. Chicago: Britannica, 1998. 426 - 427. An excellent biographical sketch by About.com subject expert, Thomas DeLaine is available on the Internet.
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The eighteenth century was a time of new ideas and perspectives. The European intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment changed the way man viewed his world. Reason and observation, not spirituality or intuition, was the road to understanding the world in which he lived. Isaac Newton introduced the notion that the universe was governed by set and discoverable laws. This concept undermined the faith in a personal God. Tolerance of varying religious beliefs was advocated by philosophers such as Voltaire. Churches should not interfere with scientific research. In politics the authoritarian state as exemplified by such absolute monarchs as Louis IV of France came into disrepute. By the end of the century the idea of self-government had resulted in reform in England and revolution in France and America. Europe changed from an agrarian economy to an industrial one. At the close of this century the world had changed dramatically as the advances in science, political democracy, and religious freedom swept away the last vestiges of the Middle Ages. Now the belief that human history was a record of general progress and that the condition of mankind would only get better with each succeeding generation fostered a halo of optimism. by Bettye Sutton, Reference Librarian Other historical sources:
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Kingwood College Library
young man, Candide, his fiancée Cunegonde and his tutor Pangloss. Voltaire was disillusioned and pessimistic over the death of his mistress, his alienation from Frederick the Great, and the horrible suffering of victims of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Thus he wrote this exaggerated adventure to attack the optimistic philosophy of Leibnitz and Pope who believed that this was "the best of all possible worlds."