LEADER 03649nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910957640803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613097446 010 $a9781283097444 010 $a1283097443 010 $a9780252090479 010 $a0252090470 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187636 035 $a(OCoLC)785782179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10533474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367342 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553466 035 $a(PQKB)11016739 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23914 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3413967 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533474 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309744 035 $a(OCoLC)923494298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3413967 035 $a(Perlego)2382558 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187636 100 $a20030205d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReal time $eaccelerating narrative from Balzac to Zola /$fDavid F. Bell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780252028724 311 08$a0252028724 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Webs: Genealogies, Roads, Streets (Balzac) -- 2. Intersections: Realys, Stagecoaches, Walks (Balzac bis) -- 3. Performances: Horses, Optical Telegraphs (Stendhal) -- 4. Velocities: Precision, Overload (Dumas) -- Conclusion: Speed Kills (Zola) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 8 $aIn Real Time David F. Bell explores the decisive impact the accelerated movement of people and information had on the fictions of four giants of French realism--Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, and Zola.Nineteenth-century technological advances radically altered the infrastructure of France, changing the ways ordinary citizens--and literary characters--viewed time, space, distance, and speed. The most influential of these advances included the improvement of the stagecoach, the growth of road and canal networks leading to the advent of the railway, and the increasing use of mail, and of the optical telegraph. Citing examples from a wide range of novels and stories, Bell demonstrates the numerous ways in which these trends of acceleration became not just literary devices and themes but also structuring principles of the novels themselves.Beginning with both the provincial and the Parisian communications networks of Balzac, Bell proceeds to discuss the roles of horses and optical telegraphs in Stendhal and the importance of domination of communication channels to the characters of Dumas, whose Count of Monte-Cristo might be seen as the ultimate fictional master of this accelerated culture. Finally, Bell analyzes the cinematic vision created by the arrival of the railroad, as depicted by Zola in La Be?te Humaine. 606 $aFrench fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSpeed in literature 606 $aCommunication in literature 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSpeed in literature. 615 0$aCommunication in literature. 676 $a843/.709355 700 $aBell$b David F$0120828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957640803321 996 $aReal time$94361771 997 $aUNINA