De l'Amour by Stendhal
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"De l'Amour" by Stendhal is an essay published in 1822. Under the guise of psychological and sociological analysis, Stendhal examines the nature of love while channeling his own unrequited passion. The work introduces his famous theory of "crystallization"—the idealization that occurs in romantic attraction. Divided into two books, it explores the stages of falling in love and compares courtship customs across nations, while critiquing marriage and advocating for women's education. Through philosophical
inquiry, Stendhal transforms personal heartbreak into universal insight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stendhal, 1783-1842 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869 |
| Title |
De l'Amour Édition revue et corrigée et précédée d'une étude sur les oeuvres de Stendhal par Sainte-Beuve |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallization_(love) Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_l%27amour_(Stendhal) |
| Credits |
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Teams at DP-test Italia and www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at Gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Love |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 60882 |
| Release Date | Dec 8, 2019 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1043 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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