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Balzac's Comedy of Words
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Balzac's Comedy of Words
Contributors:
By (Author) Martin Kanes
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Dewey:
843.7
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
312
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
595g
Description
Although Balzac's work has been much studied, practically nothing has been written on his use of linguistic concepts. Applying a new approach, this perceptive book demonstrates that the theme and theory of language were central to Balzac's fiction. In considering how the novelist was influenced by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century speculation on l
