Face Value: Physiognomical Thought and the Legible Body in Marivaux, Lavatar, Balzac, Gautier and Zola
by Rivers, Christopher
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Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994. xii, 275 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. 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.. Paperback. NEW. 8vo.
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- Title
- Face Value: Physiognomical Thought and the Legible Body in Marivaux, Lavatar, Balzac, Gautier and Zola
- Author
- Rivers, Christopher
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0299143945
- ISBN 13
- 9780299143947
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- University of Wisconsin Press
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- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 1994
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- 8vo
- Keywords
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