Making Way for Genius: The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New
Kathleen Kete • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300183436
Making Way for Genius: The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New
Kathleen Kete • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300183437 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300183436 · 2012
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Kathleen Kete examines the evolution of the aspiring self in France from the late eighteenth century through the post-revolutionary era. By analyzing the lives and careers of Germaine de Staël, Stendhal, and Georges Cuvier, the author explores how the concept of genius became a central pillar of French intellectual identity.
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