| Balzac, Literary Sociologist 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Pasco, Allan H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319393324 ISBN-13: 9783319393322 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.07" W x 8.7" (1.07 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Melding the fields of literature, sociology, and history, this book develops analyses of the ten novels in Balzac's Sc nes de la vie de province. Following the order of the novels projected in La Com die 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 and the subsequent Auguste Comte in considering the relationships that represent society as an interacting, interlocking web. Using a methodology that combines close analysis with a broad cultural context, Pasco demonstrates that Balzac's sociological vision was extraordinarily pertinent to both his and our days. |