{"product_id":"voltaires-workshop-the-sources-of-candide-hardcover","title":"Voltaire's Workshop: The Sources of Candide - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward M. Langille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e is the best-known, most singular expression of Voltaire's thought, standing out not only within the author's tremendous output but also within the thousand-year tradition of French literature. It is studied in every major language and its phrases are a part of everyday speech, in English and in French. Yet Voltaire didn't keep any records about how and when he composed \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e or any hints to its underlying meaning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond popular acclaim, \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e's status is cemented by the work of critics concerned with the circumstances of its composition. Their research has led to a wealth of secondary literature but surprisingly few conclusions. In \u003ci\u003eVoltaire's Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e Edward Langille argues that the 1750 French translation of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones by Pierre-Antoine de La Place was Candide's most important source. Langille uncovers a range of similarities - of vocabulary and phrasing, overarching narrative structures, and composition of characters - and pertinent commentary in other works by Voltaire. Through the La Place translation, he argues, Fielding furnished Voltaire with a plot, a framework, and a set of characters that he could rewrite into a text that struck contemporary readers as entirely original. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoltaire's Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e addresses one of literature's greatest mysteries, raising larger questions about how Voltaire worked and wrote fiction and, more broadly, about textual filiations in the eighteenth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward M. Langille is a retired French language and literature professor, a leading Voltaire scholar, and a research fellow at the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48392682995961,"sku":"9780228024705","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0t_FfTSpo19780228024705.webp?v=1778565248","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/voltaires-workshop-the-sources-of-candide-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}