Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science ""reads"" the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities,
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Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science reads the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities,
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Paperback. Condición: NEW. xii, 275 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. *** "Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science reads the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities," - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: 1. From Analogy to Causality: The History of Physiognomy before 1700; 2. Marivaux, le masque, and le miroir; 3. Lavater and l'alphabet divin; 4. Balzac and l'homme hieroglyphie; 5. Gautier and la beaute de l'ambigu; 6. Zola and le signe de la femme fatale. Size: 8vo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001697
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