Politics and the arts
Subtitle: letter to M. d'Alembert on the theatre.
By: Translated with notes and an introd., by Allan Bloom.
Contributors: Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Series: Agora editions
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Glencoe, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Theater -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Translator's notes" (p. 149-153)
Translation of J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve, a M. d'Alembert.
Includes d'Alembert's article Geneva, which appeared in v. 7 (1757) of l'Encyclopedie, to which the letter is a critical response.