Larkin, T. Lawrence

[2019]: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland

In Search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s: Stefan Zweig, Irving Thalberg, and Norma Shearer. 296p. Richly illustrated with many photographs

Contents:

[1]. Preface [T. Lawrence Larkin], pp. vii-(x)

[2]. Contents, pp. xi-xiii

[3]. List of Figures, pp. xv-xx

[4]. Chapter 1. In Search of Marie-Antoinette: The Inscrutable Life Worth Scrutinizing, pp. 1-23

[4/1]. (Preface), pp. 1-4

[4/2]. Scholarship to Date: The Myth of "Marie-Antoinette", pp. 4-10

[4/3]. Scholarship to Date: "Objectivity" in the Writing of History, "Authenticity" in the Production of Film, pp. 10-15

[4/4]. Scholarship to Date: Zweig, Thalberg and Shearer in Documents and Biographies, pp. 16-18

[4/5]. Structure and Method of the Argument, pp. 18-22

[4/6]. References, pp. 22-23

[5]. Chapter 2. Stefan Zweig's Clinical Biography, 1930-1932, pp. 25-104

[5/1]. (Preface), pp. 25-27

[5/2]. Western European Approaches to Illustrated Biographty in the 1920s, pp. 27-32

[5/3]. Zweig's Approach to Psychological Biography, pp. 32-41

[5/4]. Zweig's Approach to the French Revolution, pp. 41-46

[5/5]. Merging Dominant Interpretations of Marie-Antoinette, pp. 46-57

[5/6]. Structure of the Argument, pp. 57-59

[5/7]. Marie-Antoinette's Psychological Transformation: Cause, Manifestations, and Cure, pp. 59-68

[5/8]. Marie-Antoinette's Spiritual Transformation: Awakening, Resistance and Acceptance, pp. 68-80

[5/9]. Writing Historical Biography as an "Interested" Undertaking, pp. 80-86

[5/10]. Zweig on Film Adaptations of Historical Biographies, pp. 86-90

[5/11]. Notes, pp. 90-100

[5/12]. References, pp. 100-104