Poetique balzacienne des noms de personnages

Faire concurrence a l'etat civil

by Ada Smaniotto

Book cover: Poetique balzacienne des noms de personnages

Extent: 539 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Etudes romantiques et dix-neuviemistes

Series volume number: 101, 8

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9782406100157

Price: $55.00

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Hardback (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9782406100164

Price: $109.00

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Through the creation of 1,842 named characters, Balzac aims to “compete with the population register.” Ranging from serious anthroponymic commentaries to puns revealing the motivations underlying names, this work undertakes a complete study of character names in La Comedie humaine.

  • By (author) Ada Smaniotto