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Mansfield, Andrew (2014) Fénelon's cuckoo: Andrew Michael Ramsay and Archbishop Fenelon. In: Ahn, Doohwan, Schmitt-Maaß, Christoph and Stockhorst, Stefanie (eds.) Fenelon in the Enlightenment: traditions, adaptations, and variations. Internationale forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden literaturwissenschaft . Rodopi Press, Amsterdam and New York, pp. 73-93. ISBN 9789042038172
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
As a former associate of François Fénelon and the editor of his papers and works, Andrew Michael Ramsay was well placed to act as the Archbishop’s first biographer. While Ramsay’s 'Vie de Fénelon' (1723) became the template for nearly two hundred years of later biographers, the work reveals Ramsay’s manipulation of the political principles of Fénelon as he promoted a Jacobite restoration to the British throne. In conjunction with his earlier political works, Ramsay promulgated a vision of Fénelon’s political and spiritual ideas that were misleading. This chapter discusses Ramsay’s impact on the legacy of Fénelon and the motivations for his intervention.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of History, Art History and Philosophy > History |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion D History General and Old World J Political Science P Language and Literature |
| Depositing User: | Andy Mansfield |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2014 14:45 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2016 09:15 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/47313 |