Génies de France
1942, First Edition. Neuchâtel : Éditions de la Baconnière. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #237179
Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Series; Cahiers du Rhône ; 4. Physical description; 251 p. : ill., facsim. ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Sur le génie de la France.--L'attitude religieuse de Montaigne.--Agrippa d'Aubigné.--Psyché et l'art de La Fontaine.--Le discours poétique de Racine.--L'humanisme de Montesquieu.--Hommage à Lamartine.--Hugo mage.--Baudelaire.--Bergson et la poésie récente.--Appendice et notes. Subjects; French literature. Authors, French - Biography. Genre; Bibliography.
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