Rameau's Nephew (in a new translation by Ian C. Johnston)

Name: Rameau's Nephew (in a new translation by Ian C. Johnston)
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SKU: 9788074849466
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ISBN: 978-8-074-84946-6

de Denis Diderot (auteur), Ian C. Johnston (traduction)

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octobre 2013

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Rameau's Nephew, or the Second Satire is an imaginary philosophical conversation written by Denis Diderot. It was first published in 1805 in German translation by Goethe and Goethe’s translation was published in French as Le Neveu de Rameau in 1821. The first printing from the original manuscript was not made until 1891.
The work, in a new translation by Ian C. Johnston, takes the form of a conversation between “Moi,” a representative of the author, and “Lui,” a young, cynical bohemian nephew of the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. As they display their wit and show off their knowledge, the conversation begins to resemble a chess game with its gambits and sly stratagems. The two men satirize society, in which mediocrity is allowed to flourish, and discuss the nature of genius, music, and art.

Denis Diderot (1713 – 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

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Denis Diderot (auteur)

1713 - 1784. Considéré par son époque comme « le philosophe » par excellence, il manifeste un génie multiple, créant la critique d'art (Salons, 1759 - 1781), une nouvelle forme romanesque (Jacques le Fataliste), clarifiant le rapport entre science et métaphysique (Lettre sur les aveugles), définissant une nouvelle esthétique dramatique (le Paradoxe sur le comédien, 1830), illustrée notamment par ses « drames bourgeois » (le Fils naturel, 1757), brossant le portrait tumultueux de sa vie et de son art (Le Neveu de Rameau). Mais il doit sa gloire à l'Encyclopédie, qu'il anima pendant vingt ans.