Frédéric Soulié, Novelist and Dramatist of the Romantic Period


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Honoré de Balzac references on p. 1, 2, 3, 30, 63, 71, 102, 144, 150, 160, 165, 183, 204, 205, 46, 211, 212, 213, 214, 219, 229, 246-247, 271, 274-279, and 340.







The Romantic Art of Confession


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The Romantic Art of Confession is about works specifically entitled "confessions" written during the Romantic period in Britain and France. Reading these similarly conceived texts together illuminates uniquely the Romantic art of confession as it illuminates the written craft of self-recollection and definition.




Great Nineteenth-century French Short Stories


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Seventeen imaginative selections by lesser-known writers: "Adolphe," Benjamin Constant; "Salome," Jules Laforgue; "The Anatomist," Petrus Borel, 14 more. Trends toward the fantastic, expressionism, surrealism. Introductory notes.




As Befits a Legend


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This work is an examination of the tomb of Napoleon - its construction process, historical context, and political and social meanings. It documents the problems inherent in building an appropriate monument and the debate it generated.




The Militant Hackwriter


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While Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe ruled in France, a vast majority of politically unenfranchised Frenchmen were developing their own subculture. Only recently literate, they fashioned their own literature. It consisted of two important genres: the popular novel and the melodrama. As we trace these genres from the turn of the nineteenth century until that moment of February 25, 1848, when the Second Republic was declared, we are also led to a detailed scrutiny of the injustices which the immense majority of the French suffered and of the political causes they espoused. The succession of heroes and villains in their literature mirrored accurately the fears and hopes they felt.




Heroines in French Drama of the Romantic Period, 1829-1848


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A study of the lead female roles in French drama from 1829-1848. It addresses conventional traits of these 'heroines,' their relation to the audience, the idealization of their roles, the use of historical figures and characters in new plays, and the ways in which they revealed the need for social reform.




Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series


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The Modern Language Journal


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Includes section "Reviews"




The German Panoramic Novel of the 19th Century


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Comparative presentation of 19th century «panoramic novels» by Sealsfield, Gutzkow and Oppermann and their influence on their successors. «Panoramic» as a common denominator for modern novels of broad scope whose literary relationship has not been evident up to now. The analysis of content, technique of narration and critical perception of several novels disproves the contention of their shapelessness.