Paul Bourget and the Nouvelle / Walter Todd Secor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Secor, Walter Todd, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1948]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Shows that Paul Bourget, known primarily as a critic and a novelist, was also successful as a novelliste, that he, like Balzac, had the gift for the brief narrative art.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Introduction

Contents

I. Philosophy of the Nouvelle - Bourget's Position in the History of the Nouvelle

II. Philosophy of the Nouvelle - Aesthetic Theories and Technical Practices of the Nouvelle as Presented by Bourget

III. Genesis and Periods of Production

IV. Subject Matter and Characters

V. Significance, Intenseness and Credibility

VI. Composition

VII. Enfin

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88780-9

OCLC:

1100450124