Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation for what has been called artistic license or dishonesty...
The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Commonly regarded as the founder of social realism, he also...
[NOTE: The following essay was delivered as a talk at a conference on "La provincia" which took place at the University of Bergamo, December 2001. It has been translated from the Italian by Susan Stewart] I would like to take this occasion to...
MARY JANE FINE, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-21-1999 FRENCH PROVINCIAL -- LIFE AS A FARMHOUSE OWNER PUTS AN AMERICAN IN A WORLD LITTLE KNOWN TO TOURISTS By MARY JANE FINE, Staff Writer Date: 02-21-1999, Sunday Section: TRAVEL Edition: All Editions --...
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