French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)

Face value : physiognomical thought and the legible body in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier, and Zola / Christopher Rivers.

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Pierre de Marivaux

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Face value : physiognomical thought and the legible body in Marivaux, Lavater, Balzac, Gautier, and Zola / Christopher Rivers.