The Living EyeThis volume is a translation of selections of L'Oeil vivant (1961 and 70). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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Page 91
... Stendhal's social ambitions were of course rather meagerly re- warded . The fall of the Empire marked the end of his ... Stendhal was unwilling to do this . A way of conquering the world remained open to him , even as he dreamed of ...
... Stendhal's social ambitions were of course rather meagerly re- warded . The fall of the Empire marked the end of his ... Stendhal was unwilling to do this . A way of conquering the world remained open to him , even as he dreamed of ...
Page 95
... Stendhal's rationalism was above all the system of a man endeavoring to rid himself of a very powerful " irrational " interior . But Stendhal was unable to conform to his system : he turned it into a mask . Unity , coherence ...
... Stendhal's rationalism was above all the system of a man endeavoring to rid himself of a very powerful " irrational " interior . But Stendhal was unable to conform to his system : he turned it into a mask . Unity , coherence ...
Page 103
... Stendhal's attitude toward language is revealing . For him , language is essentially arbitrary and inadequate compared to actual feeling . To speak is already to fail to coincide with oneself , to wear a mask . Words for Stendhal are ...
... Stendhal's attitude toward language is revealing . For him , language is essentially arbitrary and inadequate compared to actual feeling . To speak is already to fail to coincide with oneself , to wear a mask . Words for Stendhal are ...
Contents
JeanJacques Rousseau and the Peril of Reflection | 14 |
Pseudonymous Stendhal | 78 |
The Critical Relation | 112 |
Copyright | |
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