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- catalog abstract "Hofstadter "shows how these rediscovered documents [forgotten personal writing which has resurfaced in France] bear on the erotic lives of their writers, and how the fine French tradition of conducting love affairs developed as an art form....The romantic trajectory runs from Benjamin Constant and Mme. de Staël to the beautiful Mme. Récamier and her lover Chateaubriand; from George Sand and Alfred de Musset to Mme. de Caillavet and Anatole France; and it concludes with a touching portrait, based partly on still-unpublished sources, of the girl who became the model for Proust's Gilberte."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9124739.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Hofstadter "shows how these rediscovered documents [forgotten personal writing which has resurfaced in France] bear on the erotic lives of their writers, and how the fine French tradition of conducting love affairs developed as an art form....The romantic trajectory runs from Benjamin Constant and Mme. de Staël to the beautiful Mme. Récamier and her lover Chateaubriand; from George Sand and Alfred de Musset to Mme. de Caillavet and Anatole France; and it concludes with a touching portrait, based partly on still-unpublished sources, of the girl who became the model for Proust's Gilberte."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "IRON FINGERNAILS: That little drop of acid -- The unseen leaf -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-307) and index.".
- catalog description "NAKED IN THE MARKETPLACE: A hostile sensibility -- The touch and accent of the enchanter -- Promising literary material.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 314 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374192316".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog subject "848/.70809354 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 19th century Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 19th century Relations with men.".
- catalog subject "Authors, French 19th century Relations with women.".
- catalog subject "Love in literature.".
- catalog subject "Love-letters.".
- catalog subject "PQ147.5 .H64 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "IRON FINGERNAILS: That little drop of acid -- The unseen leaf -- Epilogue.".
- catalog tableOfContents "NAKED IN THE MARKETPLACE: A hostile sensibility -- The touch and accent of the enchanter -- Promising literary material.".
- catalog title "The love affair as a work of art / Dan Hofstadter.".
- catalog type "text".