Voltaire, Candide, and the Featherless Biped.
Close scrutiny of Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Montaigne, Spinoza, Locke, and Dryden reveals that the image of the featherless biped in Candide (ch. 3), far from being original with Voltaire, is derivative, the product of a long literary tradition which enhances the work both intellectually...
| Publicado en: | Romance Notes Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 295 - 303 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
University of North Carolina Press
2024
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Close scrutiny of Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Montaigne, Spinoza, Locke, and Dryden reveals that the image of the featherless biped in Candide (ch. 3), far from being original with Voltaire, is derivative, the product of a long literary tradition which enhances the work both intellectually and artistically. As such it invites special attention and should be treated in a more richly nuanced fashion. |
|---|