Organized in a chronological sequence of themed essays, this biography utilizes sources only recently made available. It provides a picture of the intellectual and social universe that fed Proust's work, and a reading of the work itself.
When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This compelling du…
"When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Stael and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This dual biograp…
When they first met in 1794, shortly after the Reign of Terror, Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant were both in their twenties, both married, and both outsiders. She was already celebrated and a published writer, whereas he, though ambitious, was unknown. This compelling du…
Dans le fracas et les tumultes de la Révolution française, du Consulat, de l'Empire et de la Restauration, l'histoire de Chateaubriand et de Napoléon est celle de deux génies ayant enfanté les deux grandes gloires de la France, qui s'opposent sans jamais s'épouser : la littératu…
