Genius In France
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Genius In France
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Author : Ann Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-21
Genius In France written by Ann Jefferson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
This engaging book spans three centuries to provide the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France. Exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism, Ann Jefferson examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts. She traces its varying fortunes through the madness and imposture with which genius is often associated, and through the observations of those who determine its presence in others. Jefferson considers the modern beginnings of genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics and the works of philosophes such as Diderot. She then investigates the nineteenth-century notion of national and collective genius, the self-appointed role of Romantic poets as misunderstood geniuses, the recurrent obsession with failed genius in the realist novels of writers like Balzac and Zola, the contested category of female genius, and the medical literature that viewed genius as a form of pathology. She shows how twentieth-century views of genius narrowed through its association with IQ and child prodigies, and she discusses the different ways major theorists—including Sartre, Barthes, Derrida, and Kristeva—have repudiated and subsequently revived the concept. Rich in narrative detail, Genius in France brings a fresh approach to French intellectual and cultural history, and to the burgeoning field of genius studies.
Genius In France
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Author : Ann Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-21
Genius In France written by Ann Jefferson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
This engaging book spans three centuries to provide the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France. Exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism, Ann Jefferson examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts. She traces its varying fortunes through the madness and imposture with which genius is often associated, and through the observations of those who determine its presence in others. Jefferson considers the modern beginnings of genius in eighteenth-century aesthetics and the works of philosophes such as Diderot. She then investigates the nineteenth-century notion of national and collective genius, the self-appointed role of Romantic poets as misunderstood geniuses, the recurrent obsession with failed genius in the realist novels of writers like Balzac and Zola, the contested category of female genius, and the medical literature that viewed genius as a form of pathology. She shows how twentieth-century views of genius narrowed through its association with IQ and child prodigies, and she discusses the different ways major theorists—including Sartre, Barthes, Derrida, and Kristeva—have repudiated and subsequently revived the concept. Rich in narrative detail, Genius in France brings a fresh approach to French intellectual and cultural history, and to the burgeoning field of genius studies.
The Genius Of The French Language
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Author : H. Holt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
The Genius Of The French Language written by H. Holt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with French language categories.
History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon
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Author : Adolphe Thiers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon written by Adolphe Thiers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with France categories.
The Genius Of France Or The Consular Vision
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1801
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Biography And The Question Of Literature In France
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Author : Ann Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-01-04
Biography And The Question Of Literature In France written by Ann Jefferson and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book takes a fresh look at the relations between literature and biography by tracing the history of their connections through three hundred years of French literature. The starting point for this history is the eighteenth century when the term 'biography' first entered the French language and when the word 'literature' began to acquire its modern sense of writing marked by an aesthetic character. Arguing that the idea of literature is inherently open to revision and contestation, Ann Jefferson examines the way in which biographically-orientated texts have been engaged in questioning and revising definitions of literature. At the same time, she tracks the evolving forms of biographical writing in French culture, and proposes a reappraisal of biography in terms not only of its forms, but also of its functions. Although Ann Jefferson's book has powerful theoretical implications for both biography and the literary, it is first and foremost a history, offering a comprehensive new account of the development of French literature through this dual focus on the question of literature and on the relations between literature and biography. It offers original readings of major authors and texts in the light of these concerns, beginning with Rousseau and ending with 'life-writing' contemporary authors such as Pierre Michon and Jacques Roubaud. Other authors discussed include Mme de Stäel, Victor Hugo, Sainte-Beuve, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Baudelaire, Nerval, Mallarmé, Schwob, Proust, Gide, Leiris, Sartre, Genet, Barthes, and Roger Laporte.
The History Of France
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Author : M. Guizot de Witt, Madame Guizot
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-09-11
The History Of France written by M. Guizot de Witt, Madame Guizot and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-11 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
The Places Of Early Modern Criticism
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Author : Gavin Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-29
The Places Of Early Modern Criticism written by Gavin Alexander and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
What is criticism? And where is it to be found? Thinking about literature and the visual arts is found in many places - in treatises, apologies, and paragoni; in prefaces, letters, and essays; in commentaries, editions, reading notes, and commonplace books; in images, sculptures, and built spaces; within or on the thresholds of works of poetry and visual art. It is situated between different disciplines and methods. Critical ideas and methods come into England from other countries, and take root in particular locations - the court, the Inns of Court, the theatre, the great house, the printer's shop, the university. The practice of criticism is transplanted to the Americas and attempts to articulate the place of poetry in a new world. And commonplaces of classical poetics and rhetoric serve both to connect and to measure the space between different critical discourses. Tracing the history of the development of early modern thinking about literature and the visual arts requires consideration of various kinds of place - material, textual, geographical - and the practices particular to those places; it also requires that those different places be brought into dialogue with each other. This book brings together scholars working in departments of English, modern languages, and art history to look at the many different places of early modern criticism. It argues polemically for the necessity of looking afresh at the scope of criticism, and at what happens on its margins; and for interrogating our own critical practices and disciplinary methods by investigating their history.
Making Way For Genius
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Author : Kathleen Kete
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-29
Making Way For Genius written by Kathleen Kete and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-29 with History categories.
Examining the works of Germaine de Stael, Stendhal and Georges Cuvier, an Associate Professor of European History at Trinity College creates a groundbreaking cultural history of ambition in post-Revolutionary France.
Weird Al
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Author : Lily E. Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-04-15
Weird Al written by Lily E. Hirsch and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-15 with Music categories.
This Expanded Edition features even more insights on “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his activities during a tumultuous 2020 and 2021, diving deeper into the world of the iconic man who has made a career out of making us laugh. Funny music is often dismissed as light and irrelevant, but Yankovic’s fourteen successful studio albums prove there is more going on than comedic music's reputation suggests. Lily Hirsch weaves together original interviews with the prince of parody himself, creating a fresh take on comedy and music’s complicated romance. She reveals that Yankovic’s jests have always had a deeper meaning, addressing such topics as bullying, celebrity, and racial and gender stereotypes. The Expanded Edition celebrates Yankovic’s vast influence on musicians, comedians, and performing artists as well as what the man has meant to fans—in a time of uncertainty, Yankovic has served as a much-needed bright spot for many. From his love of accordions and Hawaiian print shirts to his popular puns and trademark dance moves, Weird Al is undeterred by those who say funny music is nothing but a low-brow pastime. And thank goodness. With his good-guy grace still intact, Yankovic remains unapologetically and unmistakably himself. Reveling in the mischief and wisdom of Yankovic’s over forty-year career, this book is an Al-expense-paid tour of a true comedic and musical genius.