Bibliograph

Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; editor, Patrick Coleman ; translator, Angela Scholar

Type

Label

Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; editor, Patrick Coleman ; translator, Angela Scholar

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Confessions

Responsibility statement

Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; editor, Patrick Coleman ; translator, Angela Scholar

Series statement

Oxford world's classics

Summary

"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." --, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification