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A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal Paperback – Illustrated, October 8, 1986

by Robert Alter (Author), Carol Cosman
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Traces the life of the nineteenth century French novelist, attempts to portray his complex personality, and analyzes his major works.
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    October 8, 1986
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    6.13 x 0.79 x 9.25 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0674535758
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“This excellent short biography…brings out both the charms and the complexities of Stendhal. The tone of the book is discreetly admiring, but ironic enough when need be to remind one of the saving and consummate irony of its subject.”―John Sturrock, New York Times Book Review

“[An] excellent and balanced biography.”―Anita Brookner, Times Literary Supplement

“A Lion for Love is a splendid example of a rare and difficult critical genre: a biography which chronicles and interprets development of a character of complex imaginative genius, and at the same time introduces a lucid critical reading of his works.”―Julia Epstein, Washington Post Book World

“The publication of A Lion for Love, by Robert Alter with the collaboration of his wife, Carol Cosman, supplies at last a fine, perceptive, concise critical biography of Stendhal, written with a clarity and good sense worthy of its subject… Alter and Cosman…wear their erudition with becoming lightness.”―John Simon, New Leader

“A Lion for Love is a model of critical biography―a fascinating biography of a fascinating man.”―Larry McMurty, Washington Star

About the Author

Robert Alter is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous critical works, including the prize-winning The Art of Biblical Narrative.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (October 8, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674535758
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674535756
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.79 x 9.25 inches
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Robert Alter ist Professor für Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft in Berkeley. Er hat in Harvard promoviert, das beides sollte schon für eine gewisse Qualität bürgen. Tut es auch. Diese Biographie gehört zu dem Besten und Lesbarsten, was über Stendhal geschrieben wurde. Als Mitarbeiterin fungiert im Titel Carol Cosman, das ist die Ehefrau von Robert Alter. Die kennt sich in der französischen Literatur auch aus, sie hat immerhin Sartres Monsterwerk über Flaubert "Der Idiot der Familie" ins Englische übersetzt. Die deutsche Übersetzung von "A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal" ist 1982 im Hanser Verlag erschienen (Taschenbuchausgabe 1985 bei Ullstein). "A Lion for Love" ist ein erstaunliches Buch, es ist keine trockene Biographie zweier Akademiker, es ist auch schon ein Stück kongenialer Literatur. Wenn man Stendhal mag - und wer könnte diesen Autor nicht mögen? - dann sollte man dieses Buch unbedingt lesen!
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