Complete Works of Voltaire 2

Despite its importance in Voltaire's oeuvre, and the massive success it enjoyed in the eighteenth century, Voltaire's epic poem La Henriade has frequently been overlooked by critics. This historic critical edition, by O. R. Taylor, first published in 1970, includes a book-length introduction to the poem, with a full treatment of its conception, composition, publishing history and later influence. It also reprints Voltaire's various prefaces, notes and paratexts on the poem, all of which reflect in very different ways the author's view on his poetic masterpiece.