Author: Pierre Nicole (moraliste).)
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Languages : fr
Pages : 0
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The Economy of Glory
Author: Robert Morrissey
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226924599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
From the outset of Napoleon’s career, the charismatic Corsican was compared to mythic heroes of antiquity like Achilles, and even today he remains the apotheosis of French glory, a value deeply embedded in the country’s history. From this angle, the Napoleonic era can be viewed as the final chapter in the battle of the Ancients and Moderns. In this book, Robert Morrissey presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France and explores the “economy of glory” Napoleon sought to implement in an attempt to heal the divide between the Old Regime and the Revolution. Examining how Napoleon saw glory as a means of escaping the impasse of Revolutionary ideas of radical egalitarianism, Morrissey illustrates the challenge the leader faced in reconciling the antagonistic values of virtue and self-interest, heroism and equality. He reveals that the economy of glory was both egalitarian, creating the possibility of an aristocracy based on merit rather than wealth, and traditional, being deeply embedded in the history of aristocratic chivalry and the monarchy—making it the heart of Napoleon’s politics of fusion. Going beyond Napoleon, Morrissey considers how figures of French romanticism such as Chateaubriand, Balzac, and Hugo constantly reevaluated this legacy of glory and its consequences for modernity. Available for the first time in English, The Economy of Glory is a sophisticated and beautifully written addition to French history.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226924599
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
From the outset of Napoleon’s career, the charismatic Corsican was compared to mythic heroes of antiquity like Achilles, and even today he remains the apotheosis of French glory, a value deeply embedded in the country’s history. From this angle, the Napoleonic era can be viewed as the final chapter in the battle of the Ancients and Moderns. In this book, Robert Morrissey presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France and explores the “economy of glory” Napoleon sought to implement in an attempt to heal the divide between the Old Regime and the Revolution. Examining how Napoleon saw glory as a means of escaping the impasse of Revolutionary ideas of radical egalitarianism, Morrissey illustrates the challenge the leader faced in reconciling the antagonistic values of virtue and self-interest, heroism and equality. He reveals that the economy of glory was both egalitarian, creating the possibility of an aristocracy based on merit rather than wealth, and traditional, being deeply embedded in the history of aristocratic chivalry and the monarchy—making it the heart of Napoleon’s politics of fusion. Going beyond Napoleon, Morrissey considers how figures of French romanticism such as Chateaubriand, Balzac, and Hugo constantly reevaluated this legacy of glory and its consequences for modernity. Available for the first time in English, The Economy of Glory is a sophisticated and beautifully written addition to French history.
Notes on Paris
Author: Hippolyte Taine
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Bibles&Biblical Literature, Including the Best Works ... on the Criticism, Interpretation, and Illustration of Holy Scripture ... with a Collection of Samaritan Manuscripts, Etc. [A Sale Catalogue.]
Author: Charles James STEWART (Bookseller.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Catalog of Printed Books of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Folger Shakespeare Library
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Early Modern Privacy
Author: Michaël Green
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004153071
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
An examination of instances, experiences, and spaces of early modern privacy. It opens new avenues to understanding the structures and dynamics that shape early modern societies through examination of a wide array of sources, discourses, practices, and spatial programmes.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004153071
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
An examination of instances, experiences, and spaces of early modern privacy. It opens new avenues to understanding the structures and dynamics that shape early modern societies through examination of a wide array of sources, discourses, practices, and spatial programmes.
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author: John McClintock
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Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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The Dictionary of Seventeenth-century French Philosophers: L-Z
Author: Luc Foisneau
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Anticipations of the Enlightenment in England, France, and Germany
Author: Alan Charles Kors
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Author: John McClintock
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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