A Scholar's Life
(Author) William MarxWhat is a lettered person? How does such a person eat, sleep, work, love, live and die? From Socrates, Confucius and Cicero, to Petrarch, Shakespeare, Nietzsche and hundreds more, a scholar's life is told as never before in this remarkable literary history. William Marx holds the Chair of Comparative Literature at the Collège de France. This book is translated from Vie du lettré (Minuit, 2009), recipient of the Montyon Prize of the Académie française in 2010.
William Marx
William Marx (1882-1966) was a French philosopher and literary critic best known for his groundbreaking work "The Mirror of the World: A History of Photo-Poetry." His writing style was characterized by a profound exploration of the relationship between literature and visual arts, making significant contributions to the field of literary theory.
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