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La fabbrica dei volti di Notre-Dame de Paris

This essay reads Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) through a 'facial metaphor' linking Quasimodo's monstrous face, the cathedral's façade, and national heritage. Against the measurable homme moyen, the monster stands as an irreducible exception, implying a critique of scientific objectivity.

  • Keywords:
  • Victor Hugo,
  • physiognomy,
  • grotesque,
  • architectural symbol,
  • homme moyen,
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La fabbrica dei volti di Notre-Dame de Paris

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-1157-4.06

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Scritture del particolare. Romanzo e sciences de l’homme tra Sette e Ottocento

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Atti del Convegno di Siena (23-24 aprile 2025)

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David Matteini

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2026

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Firenze University Press, USiena Press

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Studi di letterature moderne e comparate

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