Honoré de Balzac, Old Goriot / David Bellos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellos, David.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Landmarks of world literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Père Goriot.

Balzac, Honoré de.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 103 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-century expectations of what novels should be like.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 102-103.

ISBN:

0521327997

0521316340

OCLC:

15793890