Les Confessions

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Les Confessions is an autobiographical work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, widely regarded as one of the first modern autobiographies and a landmark in introspective literature.

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Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) 3
Les Confessions canonical 2

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instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
author Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1782 ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
introspective literature ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book IX ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
Book VI ⓘ
Book VII ⓘ
Book VIII ⓘ
Book X ⓘ
Book XI ⓘ
Book XII ⓘ
influenced Romantic literature ⓘ
confessional writing ⓘ
modern autobiography ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement Enlightenment ⓘ
narrativePerson first person ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first modern autobiographies ⓘ
candor about personal faults ⓘ
detailed psychological analysis of the self ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
placeOfWriting France ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
secondPartPublicationDate 1789 ⓘ
setting Geneva ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
various European cities ⓘ
structure 12 books ⓘ
subjectMatter life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
personal experiences ⓘ
psychological introspection ⓘ
theme guilt and remorse ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
memory and identity ⓘ
self-examination ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1712–1765 ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
titleTranslation The Confessions ⓘ

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Madame de Warens → describedIn → Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ⓘ
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Françoise-Louise de Warens → mentionedIn → Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ⓘ
linked to: Les Confessions
Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques → relatedWork → Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ⓘ
linked to: Les Confessions