| Description |
xi, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The prime movers -- I: Rhetorical forms of realism. Mimetic figures of semiosis ; From heteronomy to unity : Les Chouans ; Tenebrous affairs and necessary explications ; Self-narration and the fakery of imitation ; The double representation of the history of Cesar Birotteau ; La maison Nucingen, a financial narrative -- II: Semiotic images of realism. Myth and mendacity : Pierrette and Beatrice Cenci ; The corset of La vieille fille ; Genealogy and the unmarried in La rabouilleuse ; Ursule Mirouet : genealogy and inheritance ; Un prince de la boheme and Pierre Grassou, or how love makes money ; Voyages of reflection, reflections on voyages -- III: Mimetic structures of realism. Balzac and Poe : realizing magnetism ; Chemistry and composition : la recherche de l'absolu ; The capital of money and the science of magnetism : Melmoth reconcilie ; Love, music, and opium : medical semiotics of Massimilla Doni ; The languages of sex ; Composed past and historical present ; Problems of closure -- Conclusion : Balzac's invention of realism. |
| Subject |
Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850. Comedie humaine.
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Realism in literature.
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Love in literature.
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Money in literature.
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| ISBN |
9780814211694 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0814211690 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780814292686 (cd) |
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0814292682 (cd) |
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