Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. PART I. THE POET
5. 1. EARLY TRAINING 1
6. 2. VOLTAIRE'S LITERARY MASTERS 23
7. 3. VOLTAIRE'S ANCESTORS IN LYRIC POETRY 44
8. 4. POETRY AND ANTI-POETRY 82
9. 5. THE POET AND HIS ART 93
10. 6. THE POET AS FREE-THINKER 120
11. PART II. THE CIVILIZATION OF ENGLAND AND ITS MEANING FOR VOLTAIRE
12. 1. VOLTAIRE IN ENGLAND 149
13. 2. THE PUBLICATION OF THE HENRIADE 156
14. 3. VOLTAIRE’S OBSERVATIONS OF ENGLAND: THE CORRESPONDENCE 161
15. 4. VOLTAIRE'S OBSERVATIONS OF ENGLAND: THE NOTEBOOKS 166
16. 5. VOLTAIRE'S LITERARY ACTIVITIES 173
17. 6. THE IMPACT OF THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE 180
18. 7. INTERLUDE, 1728–1734: THE RESULTS OF THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE 187
19. 8. FROM POET TO PHILOSOPHER 240
20. PART III. CIREY: THE REEDUCATION OF VOLTAIRE
21. 1. CIREY 251
22. 2. MME DU CHATELET AND VOLTAIRE 265
23. 3. VOLTAIRE AND FREDERICK 292
24. 4. THE DIVERSITY OF ACTIVITY AT CIREY 329
25. 5. 1738–1739: THE REVOLUTION OF A HUMAN MIND 367
26. 6. CONTROVERSY 401
27. 7. VOLTAIRE AND THE SCIENCE OF 1738 428
28. 8. VOLTAIRE AND HISTORY 451
29. 9. BIBLICAL CRITICISM 511
30. 10. THE MEANING OF THE CIREY EXPERIENCE 564
31. PART IV. THE PHILOSOPHER
32. 1. VOLTAIRE AND THE PHILOSOPHERS 571
33. 2. VOLTAIRE’S WORLD 720
34. 3. PHILOSOPHER, “PHILOSOPHE,” FREE-THINKER, OR POET? 755
35. 4. VOLTAIREANISM AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT 768
36. CONCLUSION 775
37. BIBLIOGRAPHY 789
38. INDEX 797