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Modern Language Quarterly (1940) 1 (4): 576–577.
Published: 01 December 1940
... Reviews Denis Diderot. L’Howime. Ses idkes philosophiques, esthktiques et littkraires. By H. GILLOT. Avec une Lettre-Preface de M. ERNESTSEILLIERE, Paris : Librairie Georges Courville, 1937. Pp. 336. Diderot. L’Artiste et le philosophe. By JEAN Luc. Paris : Editions...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1955) 16 (2): 184–187.
Published: 01 June 1955
... of Ronsard po2te de l’amour. SAMUELF. WILL Indiana University nte Embattled Philosopher: A Biography of Denis Diderot. By LESTERG. CRDCKER.East Lansing: Michigan State College Press, 1954. Pp. 442. $6.50. Two Diderot Studies...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1952) 13 (2): 212–213.
Published: 01 June 1952
...Herbert Dieckmann Copyright © 1952 by Duke University Press 1952 GEORGES MAY ON DIDEROT By HERBERTDIECKMANN The title of Mr. May’s book, Quntre Visages de Denis Diderot,* is perhaps not wisely chosen. We have heard so much of Diderot’s...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1972) 33 (2): 198–201.
Published: 01 June 1972
...G. Norman Laidlaw Donal O'Gorman. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Romance Series, 17, 1971. viii + 265 pp. $10.00 Copyright © 1972 by Duke University Press 1972 198 KEVIEWS Diderot the Satirist: “Le h’eveu cle ICamenu...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1963) 24 (3): 274–280.
Published: 01 September 1963
...Lester G. Crocker Copyright © 1963 by Duke University Press 1963 DIDEROT AND THE ENCYCLOPl?DIE By LESTERG. CROCKER Jacques Proust’s study of Diderot and the Encyclopkdiel is a valu- able though at times debatable contribution to an aspect...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1953) 14 (3): 319–322.
Published: 01 September 1953
... bits. And objections to the grouping of items here and there in no way detract from the “Kenntnis, Oberschau und Einsicht” the bountiful volumes offer. J. ALANPFEFPER University of Buffalo Denis Diderot : Lettre sur les...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1953) 14 (3): 322–324.
Published: 01 September 1953
...Otis E. Fellows Lester G. Crocker. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1952. Pp. ix + 127. $2.50. Copyright © 1953 by Duke University Press 1953 322 Reviews stantiate his assertions on Diderot’s readings, Professor Niklaus occasionally refers...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1954) 15 (4): 381–386.
Published: 01 December 1954
... of the better studies of Mann’s work. HI~NRYHATFIELD Harvard University Diderot and Descmtes: A Study of Scientific Naturalism in the Enlightmment. By ARAMVARTANIAN. Princeton : Princeton University History of Ideas Series...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1955) 16 (3): 283–284.
Published: 01 September 1955
... in Mr. Burkhard’s portrayal. Esther, less rewarding to most readers because of its fragmentary state, is translated with considerable dignity and power. PATRICIADRAKE SHEPHERD Bay1o r University Diderot et “La Religiewe”: Etude...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1961) 22 (2): 217–218.
Published: 01 June 1961
...” relates his conclusions to a significant passage from another work of Diderot’s, the Rkfutation d’Helvttius.8 In Doolittle’s analysis of the Neveu, the first two major divisions-the tableau of the house of Bertin and the scene of the great pantomime-introduce and develop its overriding...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1943) 4 (3): 380–382.
Published: 01 September 1943
...Jean David Joseph E. Barker. New York: King's Crown Press (a branch of the Columbia University Press), 1941. Pp. 143. $2.00. Copyright © 1943 by Duke University Press 1943 380 Reviews Diderot’s Treatment of the Christian Religion in the “Eneyclope’die...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1955) 16 (3): 195–209.
Published: 01 September 1955
.... The number following each quotation refers to the pages of this edition, which is otherwise indicated by the word “Fabre.” A survey of some of the leading theories is also given in the first part of the essay by hl. F. Seiden, Jean-Franqois Rameau and Diderot’s Nevcu,” published in Didcrot Studies...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1941) 2 (4): 551–558.
Published: 01 December 1941
... of credence. Mere passage of time is no reason to assume that so startling an episode has been suddenly invented. As the problem has been understood up till now, there are five pieces of evidence. Three confirm the episode, two deny it. Barbier, Mme de Vandeul, and Diderot* relate...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1941) 2 (4): 551–558.
Published: 01 December 1941
... of credence. Mere passage of time is no reason to assume that so startling an episode has been suddenly invented. As the problem has been understood up till now, there are five pieces of evidence. Three confirm the episode, two deny it. Barbier, Mme de Vandeul, and Diderot* relate...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1958) 19 (4): 283–293.
Published: 01 December 1958
...Ronald Grimsley Copyright © 1958 by Duke University Press 1958 MORALITY AND IMAGINATION IN JACQUES LE FATALISTE By RONALDGRIMSLEY The apparent chaos of Jacques le FataZiste and Diderot’s alleged intention of copying English...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1953) 14 (3): 324–325.
Published: 01 September 1953
...John C. Lapp Lancaster E. Dabney. Austin, Texas: University Coöperative Society, 1952. Pp. 472. $3.25. Copyright © 1953 by Duke University Press 1953 324 Reviews fact that there exists no such analytical charting of the term as used by Diderot...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1955) 16 (2): 181–184.
Published: 01 June 1955
... l’amour. SAMUELF. WILL Indiana University nte Embattled Philosopher: A Biography of Denis Diderot. By LESTERG. CRDCKER.East Lansing: Michigan State College Press, 1954. Pp. 442. $6.50. Two Diderot Studies: Ethics and Esthetics...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1961) 22 (2): 218–219.
Published: 01 June 1961
... of later critics-into “Lui the artist” and “Lui the mediocrity, the climber” (p. 92). He also describes how the tension produced by Diderot between these two poles of Lui’s character reflects, above and be- yond topical satire, a view of man which matches Pascal’s in ambiguity and also...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1949) 10 (4): 429–437.
Published: 01 December 1949
... being a “philosophe” and did everything “autrement que le vulgaire et se moquait du public.” To this Rousseau made only a mild reply, but Diderot and others took up the gauntlet with great violence. As Palissot bitterly observes in his Mkmoires : “Rousseau avait alors pour enthousiastes...
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Modern Language Quarterly (1955) 16 (3): 282–283.
Published: 01 September 1955
.... PATRICIADRAKE SHEPHERD Bay1o r University Diderot et “La Religiewe”: Etude historique et litte‘raire. By GEORCESMAY. New Haven : Yale University Press ; Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, Institut &Etudes franqaises de Yale University, 1954. Pp. viii 4- 245. 900 fr. Professor...