The Consecration of the Writer, 1750-1830: Le Sacre De L'Ecrivain (European Horizons)

By Paul Benichou and Paul Bénichou

Book Overview

Presents the first stages of a process in which writers ceased to speak only for some religious or political power, and instead seized the chance to speak directly to and for humanity. The book also seeks to show that it was a revision of the Enlightenment faith rather than a reaction against it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803261527
• ISBN13: 9780803261525
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"