A good book about Saint-Just ?

[fatimahcrossin.livejournal.com]

Salut et Fraternité, Citoyennes et Citoyens !

I have been watching this community for a while and now I have decided to introduce myself and ask you a question.
I am greatly interested in French Revolution, with whom I have a strange relationship of love and hate - but I think this will be amusing to discuss another time.
Well, I am strangely, madly, deeply, lustfully, wildly, passionately in love with Saint-Just - yes - but in my mother language, Italian, there is rather only a few stuff upon him. So until now I only have had the chance to read Camus and Malraux essays which are available in my country.
I like these essays very, very much - I believe both the two existentialists reach a non-banal perspective of the character (even though they are men and miss the intuition of something only a woman can understand...), but I'd like to read more on my love.

I have read almost everything I have found on the Internet about him and now I would buy some foreign text more focused on his biography, since Camus and Malraux's are only short chapters drawn from more complex books and provide rather a general perspective on Antoine as a man and about his role in history of that age than pure biographical information.
I have seen there is an amount of biographies, but I have still not decided what to choose.
I can read English, French and German, and since I have a strong intellectual complexion due to my marxist education despite my reviewing it under a feminist, pagan, anarchist point of view, I'd like better a rigorous scientific account rather than a fiction-oriented one: in spite of his myth, Antoine is a man, first of all - and I am in love with him just because of this.
I have noticed Vinot's biography and I feel attracted to it but I am not absolutely sure - would you advice me to buy it ? And/or other texts ?
Just tell me whatever you believe to be useful.

Ok, I think this is enough for my first time here. Thank you in advance for your answers and comments - every suggestion is here absolutely welcome !

Au revoir,



F.

Comments

[fatimahcrossin.livejournal.com]

Maelicia, I warmly recommend you Camus' "The rebel" (and also his other essays).
On the concept of "revolution".
Beyond the excellent chapter about Antoine, it is one of the rare books you won't easily forget. At least this is my case.


$175 ? It is a deluxe edition ?
Stupid and exaggerated. Although I'd buy it anyway if only I found it out.

(and I cry, yeah)

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

No. These sort of books are published in very limited numbers because it is assumed they hold no interest for the general public and are only intended for university libraries. Thus, high prices passed on to the universities libraries are intended to cover the costs of printing an extremely limited number of copies. Thus, unless someone is really unaware and sells the book for less, the general going rate for that sort of book is very expensive.