The fanciful notion that psychical delicacy is accompanied by a corresponding physical exterior should have received a death-blow in the presence of Henry Beyle, better known as Stendhal. Chopin, Shelley, Byron and Cardinal Newman did not in personal appearance contradict their verse, prose and music; but Stendhal, possessing an exquisite sensibility, was, as Hector Berlioz cruelly wrote in his Memoirs: "A little pot-bellied man with a spiteful smile, who tried to look grave." Sainte-Beuve is more explicit. "Physically his figure, though not short, soon grew thick-set and heavy, his neck short and full-blooded.
| ISBN | 9781515032724 |
| Autor(a) | Huneker, James |
| Editora | Createspace |
| Ano de edição | 2015 |
| Páginas | 232 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 24,60 X 18,90 |