Background
Wood, Dennis Michael was born on July 3, 1947 in West Bromwich, England. Son of Bernhard and Hilda Wood.
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Benjamin Constant: A Biography
('For forty years I have defended the same principle: free...)
'For forty years I have defended the same principle: freedom in everything, in religion, in philosophy, in literature, in industry, in politics - and by freedom I mean the triumph of the individual.' Constant thus summarized his beliefs at the end of his life. A political theorist and a passionate defender of individual liberty, he was also the author of one of the greatest French novels of psychological insight, Adolphe. In a major new biography Dennis Wood traces the development of Constant as a writer centrally preoccupied with the problematics of freedom, not only in the fields of politics and religious belief but also in his own troubled relationship with several women.
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Dennis Michael Wood
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in French with honors, U. London, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, England, 1975.
Career
Lecturer in French, U. Birmingham, England, 1972-1986; senior lecturer in French, U. Birmingham, 1986-1990; reader in French literature, U. Birmingham, 1990-1994; chair, professor French literature, U. Birmingham, since 1994.
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Benjamin Constant: A Biography
('For forty years I have defended the same principle: free...)
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Benjamin Constant: A Biography
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Member British Society for French Studies.
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Married Katherine Anne Scholey. Children: Orlando Benedict, Francis Alexander.
