Umfang:
Online-Ressource (251 p)
ISBN:
9780300174823
Inhalt:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New -- 2 Genius, Madame de Staël, and the Soul of Prodigious Success -- 3 Vocation, Stendhal, and the Art of Living Ethically -- 4 Destiny, Cuvier, and Post-Revolutionary Politics -- 5 Friendship Matters -- Arguments from Egypt -- Coda on Napoleon -- 6 Ambition in Post-Revolutionary Lives -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New""; ""2 Genius, Madame de Staël, and the Soul of Prodigious Success""; ""3 Vocation, Stendhal, and the Art of Living Ethically""; ""4 Destiny, Cuvier, and Post-Revolutionary Politics""; ""5 Friendship Matters; Arguments from Egypt; Coda on Napoleon""; ""6 Ambition in Post-Revolutionary Lives""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300183436
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300174823
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Making Way for Genius : The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
