Title: Neveu de Rameau
Subtitle: and other works.
Description: One of the key figures of the French Enlightenment, Denis Diderot was a critic of conventional morality, society, and religion. Among his most well-known works, these two dialogues are examples of his radical scientific and philosophical beliefs. In Rameau's Nephew, the eccentric and foolish nephew of the great composer Jean-Philippe Rameau meets Diderot by chance, and the two embark on a hilarious consideration of society, music, literature, politics, morality and philosophy. Its companion-piece, D'Alembert's Dream, outlines a material, atheistic view of the universe, expressed through the fevered dreams of Diderot's friend D'Alembert.
Subjects: French literature, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Alembert, jean le rond d', 1717-1783, Imaginary conversations, French Dialogues
People: Jean Le Rond d' Alembert (1717-1783)