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A More Complete Voltaire

The last three decades have seen remarkable progress in the area of Voltaire studies, thanks largely to three major publishing initiatives. Theodore Besterman completed his "definitive" edition of the philosophe's correspondence (1977); work began (and continues) on a new critical edition of the Oeuvres completes (1968); and a team directed by the late Rena Pomeau completed a fivevolume biography of Voltaire, Voltaire en son temps (1994), the first to exploit fully the wealth of information provided by the Besterman correspondence. Together, these projects have absorbed the energies of a generation of scholars dedicated to the idea that a more complete Voltaire would emerge from their labors. Each of the studies reviewed here benefits to some extent from these endeavors, building on the cumulative knowledge and extensive resources now available. As a group, they show us why it is essential, even as the eighteenth-century canon continues to expand, to maintain the present high level of activity surrounding the French Enlightenment's emblematic leader.