État présent des études sur la correspondance de Diderot
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Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie ; no 6, p. 131-146.Éditeur·s
Société DiderotRésumé·s
In this review article, to which is appended a comprehensive bibliography of studies of Diderot's letters, the author shows
how there has traditionally been little interest in their study as literary works. Particular series (especially the letters to
Sophie Voland) have long attracted attention, but otherwise research has tended to be documentary, or they have been
used as a source of biographical information. The author indicates recent interest in the literary qualities of the letters and
possible directions for future research, insisting particularly on the need to study the correspondence as a whole.