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Adolphe Millot Oeufs-fixed
''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationship serves to isolate them from their friends and from society at large. The book eschews all conventional descriptions of exteriors for the sake of detailed accounts of feelings and states of mind. Constant began the novel on 30 October 1806, and completed it some time before 1810. While still working on it he read drafts to individual acquaintances and to small audiences, and after its first publication in London and Paris in June 1816 it went through three further editions: in July 1816 (new preface), July 1824 in Paris (restorations to Ch. 8, third preface), and in 1828. Many variants appear, mostly alterations to Constant's somewhat archaic spelling and punctuation. Plot summary Adolphe, the narrator, is the son of a go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Walker (physiologist)
Alexander Walker (1779–1852) was a Scottish physiologist, aesthetician, encyclopaedist, translator, novelist, and journalist. He was the founder and editor of ''The European Review'' (1824–26), a journal published in English, French, German and Italian, with many eminent contributors, such as Goethe and Cuvier. He was a friend of Benjamin Constant and translated his work. However he was most famous for his best-selling works linking physiology and aesthetics: ''Physiognomy, founded on Physiology'' (1834), ''Beauty, illustrated chiefly by ananalysis and classification of Beauty in Women'' (1836), and ''Woman physiologically considered as to mind, morals, matrimonial slavery, infidelity and divorce'' (1839). A great deal of what he wrote in this line is now considered to belong to the pseudosciences of physiognomy and phrenology Phrenology () is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.Wihe, J. V. (2002). "Science a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
