{"product_id":"genius-in-france-9780691160658","title":"Genius in France","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging book spans three centuries to provide the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France. Exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism, Ann Jefferson examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Ann Jefferson] outlines for the first time a body of writings on genius in France that have tended to be overlooked until now.\"--Celine Surprenant, Times Literary Supplement \"The precise linguistic, literary, and sociocultural analysis with which she supports this wide-ranging exploration of intellectual history provides compelling evidence for her contention that there is value in taking into account the particular language and cultural tradition within which ideas are expressed.\"--Jessica Goodman, French Studies \"Ann Jefferson in Genius in France offers a genial and genial meditation on the question, focusing on a country that probably uses the word more than any other.\"--Andrew Martin, Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  Preface xi  Introduction 1  Part I: Enlightenment Genius 17  Chapter 1: The Eighteenth Century: Mimesis and Effect 19  Chapter 2: Genius Obscured: Diderot 35  Part II: Nineteenth-Century  Genius: The Idiom of the Age 45  Chapter 3: Language, Religion, Nation 47  Chapter 4: Individual versus Collective Genius 61  Chapter 5: The Romantic Poet and the Brotherhood of Genius 67  Chapter 6: Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare, and the Dynasty of Genius 81  Part III: Genius in the Clinic 89  Chapter 7: Genius under Observation: Lelut 91  Chapter 8: Genius, Neurosis, and Family Trees: Moreau de Tours 104  Chapter 9: Genius Restored to Health 114  Part IV: Failure, Femininity, and the Realist Novel 123  Chapter 10: A Novel of Female Genius: Mme de Stael's Corinne 125  Chapter 11: Balzac's Louis Lambert: Genius and the Feminine Mediator 137  Chapter 12: Creativity and Procreation in Zola's L'OEuvre 146  Part V: Precocity and Child Prodigies 159  Chapter 13: Exemplarity and Performance in Literature for Children 161  Chapter 14: Alfred Binet and the Measurement of Intelligence 173  Chapter 15: Minou Drouet: The Prodigy under Suspicion 183  Part VI: Genius in Theory 193  Chapter 16: Cultural Critique and the End of Genius: Barthes, Sartre 195  Chapter 17: The Return of Genius: Mad Poets 204  Chapter 18: Julia Kristeva and Female Genius 212  Chapter 19: Derrida, Cixous, and the Impostor 219  Notes 227  Bibliography 251  Index 267","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403803861335,"sku":"9780691160658","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691160658.jpg?v=1730484595","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/genius-in-france-9780691160658","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}