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Informationen zum Autor Robert Morrissey is the Benjamin Franklin Professor of French Literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago and executive director of the France Chicago Center. He lives in Chicago. Teresa Lavender Fagan is a freelance translator living in Chicago. She has translated numerous books for the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France and explores the "economy of glory" Napoleon sought to implement in an attempt to heal the divide between the Old Regime and the Revolution. "Close to two centuries after his death, Napoleon continues to fascinate many French people. Why? A great historian of ideas, the American Robert Morrissey offers a wonderful explanation in this elegant, scholarly, and fascinating work." (Le Figaro Litteraire) "This little book profoundly renews our understanding of the political culture of the times." (Etudes)" Zusammenfassung Presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France and explores the "economy of glory" Napoleon sought to implement in an attempt to heal the divide between the Old Regime and the Revolution.
