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The confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / translated and with an introduction

The confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / translated and with an introduction by J.M. Cohen Softcover - 1982

by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Cohen, J. M. (John Michael) (1903-1989)

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London, England; New York, N.Y., USA: Penguin Books, 1982. Reprint. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 606 pages; 18 cm. Notes: Originally published in 1781. Translated from the French. Summary: Only a few popular autobiographies existed before philosopher, author, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau published his Confessions. Rousseau wrote treatises on education and politics as well as novels and operas, and as one of the most influential and controversial of the Enlightenment thinkers, he inspired the leaders of the French Revolution. His memoir is regarded as the first modern autobiography, in which the writer defined his life mainly in terms of his worldly experiences and personal feelings. Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 Biography. Authors, French 18th century; Biography. Authors, French. French prose literature 18th century. Philosophers France; Biography. Philosophy, French 18th century. Authors, French 18th century; Biography. Genre: Autobiographies. Biography.
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  • Title The confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau / translated and with an introduction by J.M. Cohen
  • Author Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778). Cohen, J. M. (John Michael) (1903-1989)
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 608
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher London, England; New York, N.Y., USA: Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1982
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 336641
  • ISBN 9780140440331 / 014044033X
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 5.16 x 1.09 in (19.71 x 13.11 x 2.77 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Authors, French - 18th century - Biography
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

J. M. Cohen, born in London in 1903 and a Cambridge graduate, was the author of many Penguin translations, including versions of Cervantes, Rabelais and Montaigne. For some years he assisted E. V. Rieu in editing the Penguin Classics. He collected the three books of Comic and Curious Verse and anthologies of Latin American and Cuban writing. He frequently visited Spain and made several visits to Mexico, Cuba and other Spanish American countries. With his son Mark he edited the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations and its companion Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

J. M. Cohen died in 1989. The Times’ obituary described him as ‘the translator of the foreign prose classics for our times’ and ‘one of the last great English men of letters’, while the Independent wrote that ‘his influence will be felt for generations to come’.
J. M. Cohen, born in London in 1903 and a Cambridge graduate, was the author of many Penguin translations, including versions of Cervantes, Rabelais and Montaigne. For some years he assisted E. V. Rieu in editing the Penguin Classics. He collected the three books of Comic and Curious Verse and anthologies of Latin American and Cuban writing. He frequently visited Spain and made several visits to Mexico, Cuba and other Spanish American countries. With his son Mark he edited the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations and its companion Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

J. M. Cohen died in 1989. The Times’ obituary described him as ‘the translator of the foreign prose classics for our times’ and ‘one of the last great English men of letters’, while the Independent wrote that ‘his influence will be felt for generations to come’.

From the rear cover

In his posthumously published Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) describes the first fifty-three years of his life. With a frankness at times almost disconcerting, but always refreshing, he set out to reveal the whole truth about himself to the world and succeeded in producing a masterpiece which has left its indelible imprint on the literature of successive generations, influencing among others Proust, Goethe and Tolstoy.

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About the author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's Encyclopdie and the novels La nouvelle Hlose and mile.

J. M. Cohen, born in London in 1903 and a Cambridge graduate, was the author of many Penguin translations, including versions of Cervantes, Rabelais and Montaigne. For some years he assisted E. V. Rieu in editing the Penguin Classics. He collected the three books of Comic and Curious Verse and anthologies of Latin American and Cuban writing. He frequently visited Spain and made several visits to Mexico, Cuba and other Spanish American countries. With his son Mark he edited the Penguin Dictionary of Quotations and its companion Dictionary of Modern Quotations.

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