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...
The main strength of this book lies in the attempt, ambitiously undertaken here for the first time, to provide a complete collection, with classification and identification, of Sasanian seals that are likely to belong to the field of magic. In some cases, particularly where...
Le Bale de Sceaux, des nouvelles de Balzac que le duc de Guermantes avoue gouter particulierement (1), est un texte de la demonstration. Il s'inscrit certes a la croisee des questions politiques et sociales de la France des annees 1820 mais par le biais...
