Genius in France: An Idea and its Uses
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
: A - 26A - Modern Languages
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics : A - 26A - Modern Languages
- Output identifier
- 12567
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- ISBN
- 9780691160658
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This 288-page monograph is wide-ranging and original, since it spans three centuries and provides the first full account of the long and diverse history of genius in France, exploring a wide range of examples from literature, philosophy, and history, as well as medicine, psychology, and journalism. It examines the ways in which the idea of genius has been ceaselessly reflected on and redefined through its uses in these different contexts. Rich in narrative detail, the monograph brings a fresh approach to French intellectual and cultural history, and to the burgeoning field of genius studies.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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