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Making Way for Genius: The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New Kathleen Kete
Making Way for Genius: The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New
Kathleen Kete
Examining the lives and works of three iconic personalities - Germaine de Stael, Stendhal, and Georges Cuvier, the author creates a cultural history of ambition in post-Revolutionary France. She identifies three strategies used to overcome the ethical burden of ambition: romantic genius, secular vocation, and post-mythic destiny.
224 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 29, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300174823 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 239 × 22 mm · 512 g |
| Language | English |
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