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Honoré de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
A biography of Honore de Balzac by Ferdinand Brunetiere, a leading French scholar and the author of "A Manual of the History of French Literature."
The Law of the Drama
Studies plays such as Agamemnon, Oedipus, and Ghosts to show that there can be intense drama without human will and without the past assertion of human will carried forward into the scenes.
Resentment and the Right
Resentment and the Right: French Intellectual Identity Reimagined, 1898-2000 examines a century-long struggle between cultural spokesmen on the extreme right and left to dominate and define the concept of “the intellectual.” This struggle began with the introduction of the “intellectual” during the Dreyfus Affair of 1898 and continues even today among the intellectuals of the Nouvelle Droite. This struggle to monopolize the public perception of intellectual identity, and the status of moral and political guide the title conferred, consumed the intellectual leaders of the extreme right and left and saturated their engagement in political affairs. Because the left was the first to clai...
The Illusions of Progress
Georges Sorel "argues that the idea of progress formed an essential part of the justification and defense of the rising administrative classes in France at the time of progressive ideology that has insured the Revolution." -- Jacket.
Encyclopedia of the Essay
A hefty one-volume reference addressing various facets of the essay. Entries are of five types: 1) considerations of different types of essay, e.g. moral, travel, autobiographical; 2) discussions of major national traditions; 3) biographical profiles of writers who have produced a significant body of work in the genre; 4) descriptions of periodicals important for their publication of essays; and 5) discussions of some especially significant single essays. Each entry includes citations for further reading and cross references. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Historical Truth and Lies about the Past
Historians have long struggled with the questions of historical relativism, objectivity, and standards of proof and evidence. Intellectual historian Alan Spitzer focuses on the contradiction between theory and practice by presenting case studies of four p
In Lantern-land
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Donahoe's Magazine
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