Rameau's Nephew by Denis Diderot

This Halcyon Classics ebook edition contains enlightenment writer Denis Diderot's (1713-1784) RAMEAU'S NEPHEW. RAMEAU'S NEPHEW follows the discussion between a narrator-like figure and Jean-François Rameau, the nephew of the famous composer. Diderot uses the discussion to poke fun at and ridicule numerous prominent figures of the time, including some of Diderot's contemporaries within the enlightenment such as Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire.