The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 10
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-12-06 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #3910 |
Description
"The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 10" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an autobiographical work completed in 1769. This groundbreaking memoir reveals Rousseau's worldly experiences and personal feelings with unprecedented honesty, covering his life through age fifty-three. Unlike earlier religious confessions, Rousseau's work focuses on human experience in raw detail, including shameful moments like theft and abandonment. His revolutionary approach to self-examination established a new model for autobiography, inspiring writers like Goethe and Wordsworth to follow his unflinchingly personal example. (This is an automatically generated summary.)