Description
A book on the experience of reading Honore de Balzac's La Comedie humaine which recounts the process of Peter Brooks's own discovery of Balzac. A personal account of coming to terms with Balzac: moving from more classical and restrained authors to the highly-coloured melodramatic novels of the Human Comedy, which give us the dynamics of a new and challenging world on the threshold of modernity. This volume shows readers how to read, and to love reading, Balzac, and how to engage with his vast work.
About the Author
Peter Brooks has taught mainly at Yale University, where he is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus; he has held positions also at the University of Virginia, Princeton University, the universities of Oxford, Bologna, and Copenhagen.
Reviews
Brooks never ceases to intrigue readers by his deeply probing work of literary and critical scholarship. * Dana Vuckovic, French Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192846709
Author Peter Brooks
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 142mm * 13mm
About the Author
Peter Brooks has taught mainly at Yale University, where he is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus; he has held positions also at the University of Virginia, Princeton University, the universities of Oxford, Bologna, and Copenhagen.
Reviews
Brooks never ceases to intrigue readers by his deeply probing work of literary and critical scholarship. * Dana Vuckovic, French Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192846709
Author Peter Brooks
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 300g
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 142mm * 13mm
