Jean-Jacques : the early life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1754
In the first volume of his trilogy, noted political philosopher Maurice Cranston draws from original manuscript sources to trace Rousseau's life from his birth in provincial obscurity in Geneva, through his youthful wanderings, to his return to Geneva in 1754 as a celebrated writer and composer
Print Book, English, 1991
University of Chicago Press ed View all formats and editions
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991
Biographies
382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780226118628, 0226118622
1012084839
Geneva
Bossey
Annecy
Turin
A sentimental education
Chambéry
Les charmettes
Lyons
Paris
Venice
'Les muses galantes'
The encyclopaedist
The moralist
The philosopher of music and language
On the origins of inequality
The reformer reformed
The return to Geneva
Previously published: Great Britain : Viking/Penguin, 1982