Date of Award

1969

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

French

Supervisor

David Williams

Co-Supervisor

Pierre Marie Conlon

Language

English

Abstract

The candidate has examined the religious controversy between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Archbishop of Paris, Christophe de Beaumont. In his study he has attempted to determine why Rousseau wrote Emile, why the Archbishop criticized and condemned it; and to give his personal appraisal of the controversy.

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