Explore European travel literature as a means to critique European civilization..
Using Voltaire’s Letters on the English, Monstesquie’s Person Letter, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s Letters compose an essay in which you explore European travel literature as a means to critique European civilization. Why was it effective? What about European society, did they critique? How did they want European society to change? Compare their critiques to the ideas raised in more overtly political texts like Locke, Rousseau. Are they interested in the same issues? Envisioning a similar alternative? Use the book “The Enlightenment A Brief History with Document” second edition, by Margaret C. Jacob Use Chicago Manual of Style
Explore European travel literature as a means to critique European civilization.