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The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892) - Bringing World Literature to France (Hardcover, New)
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The Life and Travels of Xavier Marmier (1808-1892) - Bringing World Literature to France (Hardcover, New)
Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs
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This is the first critical biography of Xavier Marmier. The
celebrity of Marmier was such that his death made headline news in
most major newspapers in France. Marmier made his reputation as a
traveler, travel writer, translator, literary critic, comparatist,
journalist, novelist, poet, lecturer, linguist, ethnologist, social
historian, and latterly as an outspoken member of the Academie
francaise. His work had a great deal of influence, both direct and
indirect, on literary and intellectual developments in France, and
also had a significant impact in a number of the countries he
visited.
Although his name still figures in studies of comparative
literature or the history of travel writing, his innovations have
gradually been eclipsed by his successors in various fields,
resulting in the neglect of his overall achievements. Marmier's
numerous and diverse achievements are assessed here for the first
time in their intellectual and historical context, and within the
framework of his colorful and somewhat controversial private life.
This volume will be essential reading for scholars and students of
the history of nineteenth-century French literature and
intellectual life, the history of literary criticism, travel
writing, the introduction of foreign literature to France, and
those with an interest in the intellectual, social and cultural
history of the regions Marmier visited.
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