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...
It is one of the advantages of the Fifth Republic that a high- ranking technician can become a government minister without having to be elected either as a deputy or senator. In this way, Andre Giraud was able to serve in different governments. ...
Belot, Adolphe. Mademoiselle Giraud, Ma femme. Christopher Rivers, intro. NY: MLA, 2002. ISBN 0-87352-798-4 --. Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife. Christopher Rivers, intro, and trans. NY: MLA 2002. Pp. xlii + 204. ISBN 0-87352-799-2 Christopher Rivers bas done a great service in re-editing...
