Screen LibraryBalzac, literary sociologist /
"Melding the fields of literature, sociology, and history, this book develops analyses of the ten novels in Balzac's Scènes de la vie de province. Following the order of the novels projected in La Comédie humaine, Allan H. Pasco investigates how Balzac used art as a tool of social inquiry...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Melding the fields of literature, sociology, and history, this book develops analyses of the ten novels in Balzac's Scènes de la vie de province. Following the order of the novels projected in La Comédie humaine, Allan H. Pasco investigates how Balzac used art as a tool of social inquiry to obtain startlingly accurate insights into the relationships that defined his turbulent society. His repeated claim to be an 'historian of manners' was more than an empty boast. Though Balzac was first and foremost a great novelist, he was also a trailblazing sociologist, joining Henri de Saint-Simon |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 290 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319393322 (hardback) : 3319393324 (hardback) 9783319393339 3319393332 |
| Index Number: | PQ2181 |
| CLC: | I565.064 |
| Call Number: | I565.064/P281 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Through the Glass Darkly : Ursule Mirouët -- A "Divine" Comedy : Eugénie Grandet -- The Gerontocracy and Youth : Pierrette -- The Tangible and the Intangible : Le Curé de Tours -- The Dying Patriarchy : La Rabouilleuse -- Nascent Capitalism : "L'Illustre Gaudissart" -- A Provincial Muse : La Muse du département -- Empty Wombs : La Vieille Fille -- Restoration Boneyard : Le Cabinet des Antiques -- Aeries and Muck : Illusions perdues -- Conclusion. |