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The Reappearing Characters in Balzac's Comédie Humaine by Arthur Graves Canfield ; edited by Edward B. Ham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Canfield, Arthur Graves, 1859-1947, author.
- Series:
- Studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 37.
- University of North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; number 37
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Characters and characteristics in literature.
- Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850--Characters.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (74 pages).
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
- Summary:
- Balzac made a conscious effort in Comedie Humaine to multiply the reappearance, from book to book, of some of his characters. This careful analysis of nearly six-hundred reappearing characters shows that some appear only briefly, in no significant role; others play important parts; and some become principals in later action.
- Contents:
- Genesis of Balzac's plan for reappearing characters
- The growth of the world of reappearing characters
- Grouping of reappearers in individual stories
- Changes due to interpolation or substitution of names
- Chronological inconsistencies in the "Comedie humaine"
- Further inconsistencies and contradictions
- Number and importance of individual reappearers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781469639086
- 1469639084
- OCLC:
- 1082878639
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