This major biography traces the development of Constant as a writer centrally preoccupied with the problematics of freedom, not only in the fields of politics and religious belief but also in his own troubled relationship with women
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This major biography traces the development of Constant as a writer centrally preoccupied with the problematics of freedom, not only in the fields of politics and religious belief but also in his own troubled relationship with women
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Preface; Brief chronology; A NOTE ON BENJAMIN CONSTANT'S FAMILY; INTRODUCTION; 'THE GRIEF THAT DOES NOT SPEAK': CONSTANT AND HIS FATHER (1767 1783); 'THE CHARMS OF FRIENDSHIP' (1783 1785); ISABELLE DE CHARRIERE (1785 1787); ESCAPE (1787 1788); THE BRUNSWICK YEARS (1788 1794); GERMAINE DE STAEL (1794 1800); 'THE INTERMITTENCES OF THE HEART' (1800 1806); 'ITALIAM, ITALIAM' (1806 1812); THE END OF AN EMPIRE (1812 1816); ADOLPHE (1816 1819); APOTHEOSIS (1819 1830); EPILOGUE; List of abbreviations used in the notes; Notes; Index
