Alain Corbin

21 books

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination by Alain Corbin

The Foul and the Fragrant: Odour and the Social Imagination

Alain Corbin

307 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Histoire des émotions, vol. 1: De l'Antiquité aux Lumières by Jean-Jacques Courtine, Alain Corbin, Georges Vigarello

Histoire des émotions, vol. 1: De l'Antiquité aux Lumières

Jean-Jacques Courtine, Alain Corbin, Georges Vigarello

601 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology medium-paced
A History of Rest by Alain Corbin

A History of Rest

Alain Corbin

122 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction historical
A History of the Wind by Alain Corbin
A History of the Wind
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Alain Corbin

A History of the Wind

Alain Corbin

170 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

A History of Virility by Jean-Jacques Courtine, Keith Cohen, Alain Corbin, Georges Vigarello

A History of Virility

Jean-Jacques Courtine, Keith Cohen, Alain Corbin, Georges Vigarello

768 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction gender history challenging informative medium-paced
Le village des cannibales by Alain Corbin

Le village des cannibales

Alain Corbin

204 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark reflective slow-paced
The Life of an Unknown by Alain Corbin, Alain Corbin
The Life of an Unknown
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Alain Corbin, Alain Corbin

The Life of an Unknown

Alain Corbin, Alain Corbin

missing page info • first pub 1998 (editions)

challenging dark informative medium-paced
Mer. Terreur Et Fascination(la) by Alain Corbin

Mer. Terreur Et Fascination(la)

Alain Corbin

251 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Terra Incognita: A History of Ignorance in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Alain Corbin
Terra Incognita: A History of Ignorance in the 18th and 19th Centuries
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Alain Corbin

Terra Incognita: A History of Ignorance in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Alain Corbin

188 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Time, Desire and Horror: Towards a History of the Senses by Alain Corbin

Time, Desire and Horror: Towards a History of the Senses

Alain Corbin

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology