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- catalog abstract ""In his Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) tells the story of his life, from the formative experiences of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the modern world. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence." "This translation includes the preface to the Neuchatel manuscript, which provides insights into Rousseau's conception of autobiography."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Confessions. English".
- catalog contributor b11968896.
- catalog contributor b11968897.
- catalog contributor b11968898.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In his Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) tells the story of his life, from the formative experiences of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the modern world. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence." "This translation includes the preface to the Neuchatel manuscript, which provides insights into Rousseau's conception of autobiography."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiv]-xxxv).".
- catalog extent "xxxviii, 676 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0192822756 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford world's classics".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "848/.509 B 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 18th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PQ2036 .A57 2000".
- catalog subject "Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.".
- catalog title "Confessions / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated by Angela Scholar ; edited with an introduction and notes by Patrick Coleman.".
- catalog title "Confessions. English".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".