In 1767, Voltaire turned 73 and, despite precarious health, continued to write, publish and edit an astounding catalogue of works, leading to four volumes of the OEuvres completes de Voltaire being dedicated to his output from this time. This volume contains the historical burlesque poem "La Guerre civile de Geneve", dialogues on Marmontel's "Belisaire", which had recently swept Paris with controversy over questions of tolerance and pagan salvation, a debate which Voltaire happily entered further with the "Lettre a Coge". Theological criticism also generated one of the best examples of Voltairean irony, the "Diner du comte de Boulainvilliers", an anonymously published pamphlet satirizing Catholicism.
- ISBN10 0729403610
- ISBN13 9780729403610
- Publish Date 1 January 1990 (first published 1 January 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Voltaire Foundation
- Edition Critical edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 473
- Language French
- URL http://voltaire.ox.ac.uk/book/%C5%93uvres-de-1767-i