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Oxford University Voltaire (OV)

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Online-Service mit Zugang zu den Œuvres complètes von Voltaire. Der Online-Ausgabe liegt die 205-bändige Printausgabe „The complete works of Voltaire / Les œuvres complètes de Voltaire“ der Voltaire Foundation der University of Oxford (Oxford, 1967–2022) zugrunde und ist als Modellprojekt für digitale kritische Editionen angelegt. Die Edition wird zusätzlich um Voltaires umfangreiche Korrespondenz und Marginalien ergänzt (Korrespondenz Anfang 2026, Marginalia Sommer 2026).

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Liverpool University Press

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Das Angebot richtet sich nicht an Verbraucher i. S. d. § 13 BGB und Letztverbraucher i. S. d. PAngV.

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108991

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Oxford University Voltaire (OV) is a new digital scholarly edition, designed to have the same authoritative status as the very best print editions. Not only does it recreate in digital format the 205-volume Complete Works of Voltaire / OEuvres complètes de Voltaire (Oxford, Voltaire Foundation, 1967–2022), it breaks new ground, defining and shaping its field just as the print edition did. As an updatable and enrichable resource, this initiative marks a revolution in how we design and use digital editions, allowing scholars to exploit the possibilities of the digital medium as a research tool. We are proud that OV has already been recognised as a British Academy Research Project.

Voltaire wrote in every known genre, verse, theatre, history, scientific writings, fiction, philosophy, biblical criticism, pamphlets and journalism… In his 15,000 letters, he assembled a vast pan-European network encompassing figures from every level of society. We even have his working notebooks, along with the 7000 volumes of his personal library, half of which contain his commentary in the margins. In its volume, diversity and complexity, Voltaire's work allows us to construct a corpus of unparalleled value for research into the Enlightenment.

The new purpose-built platform has been designed with advanced scholarly apparatus which will greatly enhance user experience. The different textual elements (pages, lines, authorial notes, editorial notes, variant readings, appendices, etc.) are stable and can be accessed via existing references to the print volumes; in turn the interface allows users to generate accurate and stable references to the digital edition, including DOIs. Semantic markup of the data allows for an enhanced level of exploration of the texts, as well as sophisticated searches in the text, its variants, the annotation and other scholarly apparatus.

The works and correspondence will be available at launch in January 2026. There will be an update in summer 2026 which will include Voltaire’s marginal writing in the books of his library. At the same time, The Voltaire Foundation will launch the Voltaire Studio, which will be Open Access, and will contain various complementary resources, such as a Voltaire Iconography.

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