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secondhand Paul Burget Essais de Psychologie Contemporaine two-volume set used, French

Used Language: French

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PAUL BURGET “ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY”, TWO VOLUMES, PARIS EDITION 1917.

PAUL BURGET “ESSAIS DE PSYCHOLOGIE CONTEMPORAINE”, TWO VOLUMES, PARIS EDITION 1917. THE FRENCH ACADEMIC BURGET CO-WROTE THIS MEMORABLE WORK WHICH IS NOT A PURELY SCIENTIFIC TREATISE/HANDBOOK. IT IS A LITERARY WORK THAT ANALYZES FRENCH SOCIETY AND THE GENERATION AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY THROUGH THE WORKS OF BAUDELAIRE, FLAUBERT, RENAN, TAINE, STENDHAL, WHERE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE “MODERN MELANCHOLY” OF THE TIME, PESSIMISM AND NIHILISM, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL DECAY OF AN ENTIRE SOCIETY. THE TWO-VOLUME SET FEATURES LUXURIOUS PRIVATE LEATHER BINDING OF THE TIME WITH GOLD EMBELLISHMENTS AND TITLE ON THE SPINES OF THE BOOKS. PRICE 45 EUROS.