Genius in France: an idea and its uses
This book spans three centuries to provide an 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, the author examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts.--Publisher's description.
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- Full title :Genius in France : an idea and its uses / Ann Jefferson.
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This book spans three centuries to provide an 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, the author examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts.--Publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:©2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 273 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691160658, 0691160651
- oclc:on1081072975
- LC Classification:BF412
Table of Contents
Enlightenment genius -- Nineteenth-century genius : the idiom of the age -- Genius in the clinic -- Failure, femininity, and the realist novel -- Precocity and child prodigies -- Genius in theory.
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