Benjamin Constant: A Biography [1 ed.] 0415019370, 9780415019378, 9780203191637
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Table of contents :
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
PLATES......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 7
BRIEF CHRONOLOGY......Page 10
A NOTE ON BENJAMIN CONSTANT’S FAMILY......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
1: ‘THE GRIEF THAT DOES NOT SPEAK’: CONSTANT AND HIS FATHER (1767-1783)......Page 20
2: THE CHARMS OF FRIENDSHIP’ (1783-1785)......Page 54
3: ISABELLE DE CHARRIERE......Page 75
4: ESCAPE (1787-1788)......Page 100
5: THE BRUNSWICK YEARS......Page 117
6: GERMAINE DE STAEL (1794-1800)......Page 163
7: ‘THE INTERMITTENCES OF THE HEART’ (1800-1806)......Page 185
8: ‘ITALIAM, ITALIAM’ (1806-1812)......Page 207
9: THE END OF AN EMPIRE......Page 226
10: ADOLPHE (1816–1819)......Page 241
11: APOTHEOSIS (1819–1830)......Page 252
EPILOGUE......Page 274
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES......Page 278
NOTES......Page 280
INDEX......Page 331
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
PLATES......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 7
BRIEF CHRONOLOGY......Page 10
A NOTE ON BENJAMIN CONSTANT’S FAMILY......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
1: ‘THE GRIEF THAT DOES NOT SPEAK’: CONSTANT AND HIS FATHER (1767-1783)......Page 20
2: THE CHARMS OF FRIENDSHIP’ (1783-1785)......Page 54
3: ISABELLE DE CHARRIERE......Page 75
4: ESCAPE (1787-1788)......Page 100
5: THE BRUNSWICK YEARS......Page 117
6: GERMAINE DE STAEL (1794-1800)......Page 163
7: ‘THE INTERMITTENCES OF THE HEART’ (1800-1806)......Page 185
8: ‘ITALIAM, ITALIAM’ (1806-1812)......Page 207
9: THE END OF AN EMPIRE......Page 226
10: ADOLPHE (1816–1819)......Page 241
11: APOTHEOSIS (1819–1830)......Page 252
EPILOGUE......Page 274
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES......Page 278
NOTES......Page 280
INDEX......Page 331
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