372 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

372 Pages
by Routledge

This canon of French literature, Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) is also a major European figure in the development of realism. His work is dominated by an inter-related sequence of novels and short stories, La Comedie Humanine , which charts the idiosyncrasies of French society from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1840's. Among the most famous of these are Le Pierre Gorio t and La... Read more
General Editor's Preface, Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART ONE: CONTEMPORARY AND OTHER NINETEENTHCENTURY VIEWS, PART TWO: HUMANIST READINGS, PART THREE: MARXIST READINGS, PART FOUR: PSYCHOANALYTIC READINGS, PART FIVE: A FEMINIST READING, Glossary, Notes on Authors, Further Reading, Index

Biography

Tilby, Michael