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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712—1778) French philosopher and writer


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(1712–78),

French philosopher: stays in London (Chiswick) 1765–6, Wootton (Staffordshire) 1766; visits Ellastone 1766; said to have stayed in Nuneham Courtenay 1767. La Nouvelle Héloïse 1761, Confessions 1781, 1788.

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Rousseau, Jean‐Jacques (1712–78)
in The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French Length: 2013 words
Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712–78)
in An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age Length: 891 words
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712–78)
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 599 words
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712–78)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 1157 words

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Works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Social Contract
Les Confessions
Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire
Julie ou la Nouvelle Héloïse

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