Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. Maclaren, 1906.
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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Standard Name: Amiel, Henri-Frédéric
Used Form: Henri-Frederic Amiel
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Susan Tweedsmuir | She was, however, always reading as a child: she and her sister had few books, but knew by heart whole chapters of the ones they did have. As a child Susan hated Mrs Mortimer
's... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Rosa Nouchette Carey | One of the many novels which RNC
chose to dignify by quotations to head her chapters, this seems to make a particular attempt to impress. Those quoted imply considerable learning, even if (as seems likely)... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Rosa Nouchette Carey | In an interview of 1893, Helen C. Black
described RNC
as tall, slender, and erect with large blue-grey eyes with long lashes,soft dark hair, and a low, tuneful voice. |
| Textual Features | Mary Augusta Ward | The novel features Robert Elsmere's gradual loss of his orthodox Christian faith, and the tension which this causes between the emerging sceptic and his wife, Catherine Leyburn (based on MAW
's friend Laura Lyttleton
)... |
| Textual Production | Mary Augusta Ward | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Augusta Ward | The introduction carefully situates Amiel
in terms of his religious and intellectual heritage and in relation to contemporary religious debates. |
Timeline
December 1882
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
's Fragments d'un Journal Intime was posthumously published in Geneva.
Texts
Amiel, Henri-Frédéric. Amiel’s Journal. Translator Ward, Mary Augusta, Brentano’s, 1928.