Elysian Encounter - Diderot and Gide by Laidlaw, G. Norman - 1963

NY: Syracuse University Press, 1963. First edition. The author, cleverly relates Andre Gide and Denis Diderot to each other as well as to their separate centuries. 7 essays compare the lives, works and philosophies of the two French writers - This is the first sustained study of their affinities. Hardcover, cloth binding. [ix] 251pp, Biographical Notes, List of English Translations. Price intact dust jacket. Clear, removable Brodart jacket protector provided. ** flaws: jacket has a few short tears, minor chipping at spine end, white areas on jacket have gray scuff marks. Very Good / Very Good-minus condition jacket