L'Ingénu

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L'Ingénu is a satirical novel by the French writer Voltaire published in 1767.

It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to the sophistication of eighteenth century Paris, satirizes the doctrines of the Jesuits and Jansenists, as well as the folly and injustices of French society.

[edit] References

• Frye, Northrop (1957), Anatomy of Criticism, Princeton University Press.
• Pagden, Anthony (1983), "The Savage Critic: Some European Images of the Primitive" in The Yearbook of English Studies, Vol.13, pp.32-45.