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Making way for genius, the aspiring self in France from the old regime to the new, Kathleen Kete

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Making way for genius, the aspiring self in France from the old regime to the new, Kathleen Kete
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-228) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Making way for genius
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
759174408
Responsibility statement
Kathleen Kete
Sub title
the aspiring self in France from the old regime to the new
Table Of Contents
The aspiring self in France from the old regime to the new -- Genius, Madame de Staël, and the soul of prodigious success -- Vocation, Stendhal, and the art of living ethically -- Destiny, cuvier, and post-revolutionary politics -- Friendship matters; arguments from Egypt; coda on Napoleon -- Ambition in post-revolutionary lives
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