Brief Lives: Honore De Balzac

Informationen zum Autor David Carter is a writer, translator, and freelance journalist. He has taught at the universities of St. Andrews and Southampton, and is currently professor of Communicative English at Yonsei University, Seoul. His most recent books include Georges Simenon and Literary Theory . Klappentext The author of the monumental La Comédie Humaine , Honoré de Balzac was an extraordinarily prolific writer and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of realism. This new biography looks at his remarkable body of work, setting it against his life in 19th-century France and making it an informative and captivating read for anyone with an interest in French literature and history.

Product details

• Authors: David Carter
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2008
• EAN: 9781843919087
• ISBN: 978-1-84391-908-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Brief Lives; Brief Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies