LEADER 03092nam 22005415 450 001 9910255257403321 005 20240724123232.0 010 $a9783319393339 010 $a3319393332 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-39333-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000897503 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-39333-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4710241 035 $a(Perlego)3491984 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000897503 100 $a20161004d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBalzac, Literary Sociologist /$fby Allan H. Pasco 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 290 p.) 311 08$a9783319393322 311 08$a3319393324 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Through the Glass Darkly, Ursule Mirouët -- 3. A "Divine" Comedy, Eugénie Grandet -- 4. The Gerontocracy and Youth, Pierrette -- 5. The Tangible and the Intangible, Le Curé de Tours -- 6. The Dying Patriarchy, La Rabouilleuse -- 7. Nascent Capitalism, "L'Illustre Gaudissart" -- 8. A Provincial Muse, La Muse du département -- 9. Empty Wombs, La Vieille Fille -- 10. Restoration Boneyard, Le Cabinet des antiques -- 11.Aeries and Muck, Illusions perdues -- 12. Conclusion. 330 $aMelding the fields of literature, sociology, and history, this book develops analyses of the ten novels in Balzac's Scènes de la vie de province. Following the order of the novels projected in La Comédie humaine, Allan H. Pasco investigates how Balzac used art as a tool of social inquiry to obtain startlingly accurate insights into the relationships that defined his turbulent society. His repeated claim to be an "historian of manners" was more than an empty boast. Though Balzac was first and foremost a great novelist, he was also a trailblazing sociologist, joining Henri de Saint-Simon and the subsequent Auguste Comte in considering the relationships that represent society as an interacting, interlocking web. Using a methodology that combines close analysis with a broad cultural context, Pasco demonstrates that Balzac's sociological vision was extraordinarily pertinent to both his and our days. 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y19th century 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aComparative literature 606 $aNineteenth-Century Literature 606 $aEuropean Literature 606 $aComparative Literature 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 0$aComparative literature. 615 14$aNineteenth-Century Literature. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 615 24$aComparative Literature. 676 $a809.034 700 $aPasco$b Allan H$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0193440 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255257403321 996 $aBalzac, Literary Sociologist$92541243 997 $aUNINA