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This is the first comprehensive study in English of Voltaire's contes philosophiques--the philosophical tales for which he is best remembered and which include his masterpiece Candide. Pearson situates each story in its historical and intellectual context and offers new readings in light of modern critical thinking. He rejects the traditional view that Voltaire's contes were the private expression of his philosophical perplexity, and argues th...

The first comprehensive study of Mallarm 's "poetry of circumstance" in any language, this book is a companion volume to the author's well-received Unfolding Mallarm: The Development of a Poetic Art. It provides a series of lucid and accessible readings of Mallarm 's verse and prose writings.

Stendhal lets his readers experience in the act of reading what his protagonists experience in the act of living, argues this original, well-written study about the relationship between novelist and reader. Novels discussed include Armance, Le Rouge et le Noir, Lucien Leuwen, and La Chartreuse de Parme.

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The "Modern Literatures in Perspective" series aims to help the reader study texts in isolation and in context by selecting the most representative reactions to the texts, from their first appearance, to date. The historical and cultural context in which each text was produced is also outlined.

Unfolding Mallarme provides a coherent account of Mallarme's poetic developments from his earliest verse to his final masterpiece, "Un coup de Des." A series of close readings demonstrate the intricate linguistic and formal play to be found in many of his major poems, and, in a detailed analysis of "Un coup de Des, " Pearson explores the "profound calculation" upon which Mallarme's final, seemingly chaotic masterpiece is based.

Unacknowledged Legislators presents an original and detailed history of the theory and practice of French poetry from 1750 through to the end of the Romantic Period. Focussing on five major writers of the period, it demonstrates how the figure of the poet as lawgiver was central to the theory and practice of poetry during this period.

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A detailed analysis of the poet's evolving theory and practice.