Author : Voltaire
Release : 2003-12-02
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Complete Works of Voltaire 20B - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Complete Works of Voltaire 20B write by Voltaire. This book was released on 2003-12-02. Complete Works of Voltaire 20B available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The twinned evils of superstition and fanaticism had been prominent in Voltaire's work since "La Henriade", but it is only with "Le Fanaticisme, ou Mahomet le prophete" that Voltaire translates this theme to the stage, creating an entirely novel adaptation of classical forms to modern political debate. Voltaire's focus is the hypocrisy of religious 'impostors', and, despite the oriental lens, early audiences were under no illusions about the unspoken Christian targets of his polemic. The first authorised editions of the play contain prose paratexts in different voices designed to provoke and challenge his reader. Both the play itself and the literary structure, reproduced with detailed commentary in this edition, offer important insight into Voltaire's evolving public campaign against fanaticism.