Imagining Difference: Cosmopolitanism in Montesquieu's Persian Letters.

Authors :: Lloyd, Genevieve
Source :: Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory. Sep2012, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p480-493. 14p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: An essay is presented on "Persian Letters," a literary work by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, French social commentator. It offers literary strategies of Persian Letters and explores the related issue of the interaction of philosophical content, literary form and narrative strategies of the book. It mentions the experience of two Persian noblemen who are traveling through France.

Subjects :: *ESSAYS
*PERSIAN literature
*LITERATURE appreciation
*NARRATIVE inquiry (Research method)

Language :: English
ISSN :: 13510487
Volume :: 19
Issue :: 3
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Constellations: An International Journal of Critical & Democratic Theory
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 82763851
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8675.2012.00694.x