Reconstructing Woman From Fiction to Reality in the Nineteenth-Century French Novel |
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| Author:
| Kelly, Dorothy |
| Series title: | Penn State Romance Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-03266-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.95 |
Book Description:
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Reconstructing Woman explores a scenario common to the works of four major French novelists of the nineteenth century: Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and Villiers. In the texts of each author, a "new Pygmalion" (as Balzac calls one of his characters) turns away from a real woman he has loved or desired and prefers instead his ......
Reconstructing Woman explores a scenario common to the works of four major French novelists of the nineteenth century: Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and Villiers. In the texts of each author, a "new Pygmalion" (as Balzac calls one of his characters) turns away from a real woman he has loved or desired and prefers instead his ......