The present collection of articles and documents deals with Lavater's reception in Russia. Apart from noting his relation to prominent Russians and Paul I, the emphasis is on the influence of his edifying and physiognomic views - much of which is based on little known material.
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978-3-261-04354-2 (9783261043542)
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The Author: Edmund Heier is currently Professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Waterloo. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan and has published extensively in the area of Russo-German literary relations.
Contents: Lavater und der russische Zarenhof - Russian Publications on Physiognomy and Phrenology - Lavaters Begegnung mit dem Großfürsten Paul Petrovich, etc.
