Voltaire, L'Ingénu [The Huron]

Kathryn Fredericks (SUNY, Geneseo)

Ed. by Allison Stedman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.04: French Writing and Culture: Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment, 1700-1800.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Jenny Mander (University of Cambridge), Síofra Pierse (University College Dublin), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1767 - 1767

Places

France (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novella

Resources

Voltaire’s l’Ingénu is divided into twenty chapters:

I. Comment le prieur de Notre-Dame de la Montagne et mademoiselle sa soeur rencontrèrent un Huron [How the Prior of Our Lady of the Mountain and His Noble Sister Met a Huron]
II. Le Huron, nommé l’Ingénu, reconnu de ses parents [The Huron Named Ingenuous Recognized by His Relatives]
III. Le Huron, nommé l’Ingénu, converti [The Huron Named Ingenuous Converted]
IV. L’Ingénu baptisé [Ingenuous Baptised]
V. L’Ingénu amoureux [Ingenuous in Love]
VI. L’Ingénu court chez sa maîtresse, et devient furieux [Ingenuous Runs to See His Mistress, and Becomes Furious]
VII. L’Ingénu repousse les Anglais […

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Citation: Fredericks, Kathryn. "L'Ingénu". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 June 2015 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35538, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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