Sainte-Beuve
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in fair condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Binding intact, book opens flat. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
This elegant literary biography presents the life and critical legacy of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, the nineteenth-century French writer widely regarded as one of the greatest literary critics in the history of Western literature. Harold Nicolson chronicles Sainte-Beuve's intellectual journey through the salons and publishing houses of Paris, illuminating his complex relationships with the leading figures of French Romanticism, including Victor Hugo and Chateaubriand. With the precision of a scholar and the wit of a diplomat, Nicolson argues that Sainte-Beuve's method of criticism — grounding literary judgment in the biographical and psychological study of the author — transformed the way literature is read and evaluated. The work stands as both a tribute to a towering intellectual figure and a masterful study of the relationship between a critic's life and his art.
Author: Harold Nicolson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in fair condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Binding intact, book opens flat. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
This elegant literary biography presents the life and critical legacy of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, the nineteenth-century French writer widely regarded as one of the greatest literary critics in the history of Western literature. Harold Nicolson chronicles Sainte-Beuve's intellectual journey through the salons and publishing houses of Paris, illuminating his complex relationships with the leading figures of French Romanticism, including Victor Hugo and Chateaubriand. With the precision of a scholar and the wit of a diplomat, Nicolson argues that Sainte-Beuve's method of criticism — grounding literary judgment in the biographical and psychological study of the author — transformed the way literature is read and evaluated. The work stands as both a tribute to a towering intellectual figure and a masterful study of the relationship between a critic's life and his art.