A friend alerts me by email that a new Rousseau biography is out in the US. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: An Unruly Mind by Leo Damrosch is reviewed in the books section of the NYT today. It is hard to see how this will better Cranston, although Cranston unfortunately died before he completed his final volume (it was finished by someone else and is the thinnest of the three). I’m off to the US tomorrow, and will get myself a copy of Damrosch’s book asap.
{ 8 comments }
Also recently in French is Monique & Bernard Cottret, Rousseau en son temps (Perrin, 2005), a 906 page doorstop of a volume.
Where in the US will you be?
Boston > New York > Wisconsin.
Well, too far away from me to offer to buy you a drink. Next time, maybe.
Thanks for the thought anyway!
Re: 1 – if you’re going to talk about something in French, it had better be those riots!
“is the thinnest of the three”
Understatement of the year award.
Leo Damrosch is a terrific writer; I’ll be looking for this Rousseau book.
Comments on this entry are closed.