Mahomet
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · August 2, 2013
This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in ambiguous critiques of Islam and Christianity
- Themes
- Religious satire
- Genres
- French Plays, Islam - General, 18th-Century French Fiction
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This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king's great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed to see in it a bloody satire against the Christian religion. Almost three hundred years later critics are still unclear if this play is a rebuke of Islam or of Christianity or, perhaps, both. Wilder Publications is a green publisher.
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Where it sits
| French Plays | 89% |
|---|---|
| 18th-Century French Fiction | 62% |
| Islam - General | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- French Plays
- French Literary Collections
- French Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Voltaire
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- August 2, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Religious satire
- Reading lane
- French Plays