Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science ""reads"" the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities,
| ISBN: | 9780299143947 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 1994 |
| Author: | Christopher Rivers |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 275 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Explores ideas about human physical appearance expressed in French novels of the 18th/19th centuries (by Lavater, Marivaux, Balzac, Gautier, Zola), as well as the pseudoscience of physiognomy that influenced them. This science ""reads"" the body as an index to spiritual and intellectual qualities,
Face Value features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Face Value is available in Paperback
Face Value was written by Christopher Rivers and published by The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press
Face Value has 275 pages