Un merveilleux scientifique à triple fond Imaginaires du magnétisme dans l’œuvre d’Alexandre Dumas

As a lover of the wonderful under all his faces, Dumas has taken hold of magnetism as one of his favorite subjects. Far from being a simple picturesque ingredient in the backdrop of his historical novels, the wonderful is for Dumas an essential element of explanation of human relations and emotions. The novelist also skillfully exploits his dramatic potentialities, while investing it with a spectacular power of symbolization and revelations.