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Herrera, Adrian (2018). Between the essay and the encyclopedic practice: Essay on the Manners and spirit of the nations of Voltaire and the Kosmos by Alexander von Humboldt. Trans-Rev. Litt. Gen. Comp., 23. PARIS: PRESSES SORBONNE NOUVELLE. ISSN 1778-3887

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Abstract

Influenced by philosophy of the Enlightenment, Voltaire and Alexander von Humboldt pursued diverse intellectual interests that included several disciplines and subjects. Works such as Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (Geneve, 1756) and Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Beschreibung der Welt (Stuttgart, 1845-1862) were written in order to display their readers the broadest possible knowledge on their respective disciplines: history and history of knowledge. Even though both were written as essays, a distant reading (according to Franco Moretti) reveal to what extent both Voltaire and Humboldt applied strategies of the encyclopedia that could allow us to see them as such.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Herrera, Adrian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-199521
DOI:	10.4000/trans.2250
Journal or Publication Title:	Trans-Rev. Litt. Gen. Comp.
Volume:	23
Date:	2018
Publisher:	PRESSES SORBONNE NOUVELLE
Place of Publication:	PARIS
ISSN:	1778-3887
Language:	French
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Literature Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19952