Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
Published: 2013-06-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1622750101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReason, rationality, and reform were perhaps the biggest buzzwords of the Enlightenment era and the themes of much of the writing that appeared at that time. As thinkers increasingly began turning a critical eye towards accepted beliefs and practices, such luminaries as Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine took up their pens to illuminate the social injustices and injuries to personal freedom that pervaded their societies. The fascinating lives of these writers and many othersrunning the gamut from novelists, dramatists, and poets to satirists, social critics, and moreare profiled within these pages.
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Download or read book Authors of The Enlightenment: 1660 to 1800 written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britanncia Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reason, rationality, and reform were perhaps the biggest buzzwords of the Enlightenment era and the themes of much of the writing that appeared at that time. As thinkers increasingly began turning a critical eye towards accepted beliefs and practices, such luminaries as Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine took up their pens to illuminate the social injustices and injuries to personal freedom that pervaded their societies. The fascinating lives of these writers and many othersrunning the gamut from novelists, dramatists, and poets to satirists, social critics, and moreare profiled within these pages.