Honore De Balzac: His Life And Writings
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few literary titans loom as large over the French tradition as Honoré de Balzac, and Mary F. Sandars' comprehensive study presents the full measure of the man behind the monumental La Comédie Humaine. With meticulous attention to detail, the biography chronicles Balzac's turbulent life — his relentless ambition, his crushing debts, his passionate love affairs, and the almost superhuman creative energy that produced over ninety novels and novellas — weaving together the personal and the professional into a vivid, cohesive portrait. Sandars draws on a wealth of primary sources and period accounts to illuminate the contradictions of a man who was simultaneously a visionary artist and a deeply flawed human being, illustrating how his lived experience gave birth to some of the most psychologically acute fiction of the nineteenth century. Published with portraits that bring the era to life, this volume stands as an invaluable work of literary biography, situating Balzac firmly within the social and cultural upheaval of post-Napoleonic France. Sandars writes with the assured authority of a scholar and the narrative fluency of a storyteller, making this study as accessible as it is rigorous. For anyone who has ever been captivated by Balzac's sprawling fictional universe, this biography raises a tantalising question: which came first — the extraordinary life, or the extraordinary art?
Author: Mary F. Sandars
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Few literary titans loom as large over the French tradition as Honoré de Balzac, and Mary F. Sandars' comprehensive study presents the full measure of the man behind the monumental La Comédie Humaine. With meticulous attention to detail, the biography chronicles Balzac's turbulent life — his relentless ambition, his crushing debts, his passionate love affairs, and the almost superhuman creative energy that produced over ninety novels and novellas — weaving together the personal and the professional into a vivid, cohesive portrait. Sandars draws on a wealth of primary sources and period accounts to illuminate the contradictions of a man who was simultaneously a visionary artist and a deeply flawed human being, illustrating how his lived experience gave birth to some of the most psychologically acute fiction of the nineteenth century. Published with portraits that bring the era to life, this volume stands as an invaluable work of literary biography, situating Balzac firmly within the social and cultural upheaval of post-Napoleonic France. Sandars writes with the assured authority of a scholar and the narrative fluency of a storyteller, making this study as accessible as it is rigorous. For anyone who has ever been captivated by Balzac's sprawling fictional universe, this biography raises a tantalising question: which came first — the extraordinary life, or the extraordinary art?