Zakir Paul is assistant professor of comparative literature at New York University.

"Paul offers a very clear presentation of the arguments in each chapter and provides compelling readings of the texts with ample citation, intriguingly tracing the ever-shifting meanings of intelligence, as well as the cultural contexts in which those changes occurred. . . . [T]he book deftly crafts a multifaceted account of intelligence that draws convincingly on the often-intertwined fields of psychology, philosophy, literature, and criticism in the time period under investigation, with helpful accounts of lesser known figures and fresh readings of highly canonical writers such as Proust and Valéry."---Joseph Acquisto, H-France Review

Zakir Paul is assistant professor of comparative literature at New York University.

"Paul offers a very clear presentation of the arguments in each chapter and provides compelling readings of the texts with ample citation, intriguingly tracing the ever-shifting meanings of intelligence, as well as the cultural contexts in which those changes occurred. . . . [T]he book deftly crafts a multifaceted account of intelligence that draws convincingly on the often-intertwined fields of psychology, philosophy, literature, and criticism in the time period under investigation, with helpful accounts of lesser known figures and fresh readings of highly canonical writers such as Proust and Valéry."---Joseph Acquisto, H-France Review

Zakir Paul is assistant professor of comparative literature at New York University.

"Paul offers a very clear presentation of the arguments in each chapter and provides compelling readings of the texts with ample citation, intriguingly tracing the ever-shifting meanings of intelligence, as well as the cultural contexts in which those changes occurred. . . . [T]he book deftly crafts a multifaceted account of intelligence that draws convincingly on the often-intertwined fields of psychology, philosophy, literature, and criticism in the time period under investigation, with helpful accounts of lesser known figures and fresh readings of highly canonical writers such as Proust and Valéry."---Joseph Acquisto, H-France Review