Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2020
The attempt to contribute, however slightly, to the vast volume of writings on Rousseau is a venture which, all will agree, should be undertaken with diffidence. The character, achievements, and influence of the Great Romanticist have been studied, discussed and debated by so many eminent scholars, that, unless one has something new to offer, the careful critic will consider any attempt to reopen the complex subject as tedious as it is presumptuous. In the present instance, however, the writer feels that he has been fortunate enough to discover some material which, though of modest scope, will nevertheless prove of real interest to lovers of Rousseauiana.
1 Published by Georg Voss: Leipzig, 1806.
2 Selbstbiographie: pp. 70 (line 11)-75 (line 2).
3 Christian Ernst Weisse and Samuel Gottlob Frisch.
4 C. H. Wright: History of French Literature, p. 520.
5 Gerhard Gram: F. F. Rousseau, gjennembrud og kampe.
6 Confessions, ed. Hachette, VIII, 305, 306.
7 Confessions, ed. Hachette, VIII, 374.
8 Confessions, VIII, 286.
9 Emile, Book IV, ed. Hachette, II, 276.
10 Confessions: ed. Hachette, IX, 35.
11 Discours sur l'Origine de l'Inégalité, ed. Hachette VI, 133.
12 Confessions; ed. Hachette, VIII, 356-61.
13 Confessions, VIII, 355.
14 Ibid., VIII, 12.
15 Discours per l'Origine de l'Inégalité, ed. Hachette, I, 30.
16 Confessions, VIII, 104-5.
17 Ibid., VIII, 200, 201.
18 Ibid., VIII, 242.
19 Ibid., VIII, 269.
20 Confessions, VIII, 360.
21 Confessions, VIII, 79.
22 Emile, ed. Hachette, II, 281.