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Suffering scholars : pathologies of the intellectual in Enlightenment France /

Suffering Scholars focuses on the medical and literary dimensions of the cult of celebrity that developed around intellectuals during the French Enlightenment. Anne C. Vila shows how the ""suffering scholar"" syndrome deeply influenced debates about the consequences of book-learn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vila, Anne C., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Colección:Intellectual history of the modern age.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Suffering Scholars focuses on the medical and literary dimensions of the cult of celebrity that developed around intellectuals during the French Enlightenment. Anne C. Vila shows how the ""suffering scholar"" syndrome deeply influenced debates about the consequences of book-learning on both the individual body and the body politic
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812294804
0812294807