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001 2011046015
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008 111114s2012 ctu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780300174823 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDC33.4$b.K47 2012
082 00 $a944$223
100 1 $aKete, Kathleen.
245 10 $aMaking way for genius :$bthe aspiring self in France from the old regime to the new /$cKathleen Kete.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2012.
300 $ax, 240 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-228) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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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651 0 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y19th century.
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650 0 $aIndividuality$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century.
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