This study situates Chateaubriand's Works in the history of representation of the passions and illustrates the return, at the beginning of the 19th century, of a pessimistic conception of love rooted in the Augustinian tradition.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques