Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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| Title | : | Confessions |
| Author | : | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Oxford World's Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 676 pages |
| Published | : | May 18th 2000 by Oxford University Press (first published 1789) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Classics. Biography. Nonfiction. Cultural. France. Autobiography. Memoir |
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In his Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the world of modern civilization. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. The book vividly illustrates the mixture of moods and motives that underlie the writing of autobiography: defiance and vulnerability, self-exploration and denial, passion, puzzlement, and detachment. Above all, Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence.Declare Books In Favor Of Confessions
| Original Title: | Les Confessions |
| ISBN: | 0192822756 (ISBN13: 9780192822758) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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955. Confessions, Jean-Jacques RousseauThe Confessions is an autobiographical book, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine's Confessions. Covering the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life, up to 1765, it was completed in 1769, but not published until 1782, four years after Rousseau's death, even though Rousseau did read excerpts of his manuscript publicly at
I can't stand this guy. self-centered, egotistical wanker
As is true about classics, they are not only a very authentic expression of the authors views and ideas, but also by large, present a mirror for the world we live in. This is one reason why it is difficult to review them. For, it calls not only an undivided attention towards the ideas expressed and opinions raised, but also for a deep introspection; a meditation on the relevance of ideas presented, their importance on the working of society and their necessity in the wake of everyday life.
Oh so long and tedious - I couldn't wait to finish!
This is one of those books that is probably going to go down as a tick off the literary bucket list, but that I can't say I enjoyed reading. The crux of the matter is that I just don't really care about Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Had this book not been on a university reading list (for a module about confession and autobiography, of which it is a pioneer and therefore very much had to be read), I don't think that I'd ever have found the motivation to read it because, let me tell you, enduring over
In his autobiographical "Confessions" (published in 1782 - four years after his death) Jean-Jacques Rousseau comes across as a bit of a narcissist. But he's a likable narcissist and he grew on me so that by the end I was sad to say Goodbye to poor Jean-Jacques. And I enjoyed learning more about 18th Century European history (and France on the eve of its Revolution) along the way. Here's one of many quotes I liked: "I had always felt, in spite of Father Berthier's show of affection, that the
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