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Balzac's reputation is as a novelist. But short stories make up over half <em>La Comédie humaine,</em> besides scores of other tales and articles. <em>Balzac's Shorter Fictions</em> looks at the whole of this corpus, at the nature of short fiction, a, Balzac's Shorter Fictions: Genesis and Genre has a rating of 4 stars
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  • Balzac's Shorter Fictions: Genesis and Genre
  • Written by author Tim Farrant
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, April 2002
  • Balzac's reputation is as a novelist. But short stories make up over half La Comédie humaine, besides scores of other tales and articles. Balzac's Shorter Fictions looks at the whole of this corpus, at the nature of short fiction, a
  • Balzac's reputation is as a novelist. But short stories make up over half La Comédie humaine, besides scores of other tales and articles. Balzac's Shorter Fictions looks at the whole of this corpus, at the nature of short fiction, and
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Introduction1
1Philosophies of Composition: From Corsino to the Code des gens honnetes, 1818-182519
iNarrative as Illustration: the Discours sur l'immortalite de l'ame and Corsino19
iiMimesis: 'deux histoires'26
iiiThe Code des gens honnetes and the Limits of Prescription29
ivThe Limits of Prescription32
2From Code to Physiologie, 1826-182934
iDoxa and Dialogue: Anecdotes, Codes, and the Physiologie34
iiPrescription and Description in the Physiologie37
iiiA Physiology of Literary Illusion40
ivTypes of Reading in the 1829 Physiologie43
3The First Scenes de la Vie Privee, 1829-183047
iThe Physiologie du mariage and the Scenes de la vie privee47
iiThe Scenes de la vie privee and the conte moral48
iiiScenes, Tableaux, and Le Dernier Chouan53
ivThe Composition of the Scenes de la vie privee57
4Narratives and Newspapers, 1829-1830
iEl Verdugo, Les Deux Reves, Un episode sous la Terreur, Adieu66
iiArticles, observation de moeurs, and Pen-portraits74
iiiCaricature, Satire, and the Fantastic76
ivFrom Newspaper to Narrative79
5Balzac and the Literary Reviews, October 1830-August 183183
iOctober 1830-August 1831: A New Form, the Literary Review83
iiBalzac's Stories for the Reviews: L'Elixir de longue vie, L'Enfant maudit, Une passion dans le desert, Le Requisitionnaire86
iiiPortrait and Enigma: Sarrasine92
ivContes historiques and contes artistes: Les Proscrits and Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu97
vThe Fantastic, the Real, and the Frame Story102
6From La Peau de Chagrin to the Contes Drolatiques, 1831-1832108
iLa Peau de chagrin108
iiThe Romans et contes philosophiques114
iiiRenaissance Models and Contemporary Reality in Balzac's Work, 1831-1832119
ivThe First dixain of Contes drolatiques (1832)124
7Balzac, 'Roi de La Nouvelle': From the Contes bruns to Le Cure de Tours, 1832129
iArt or Income? The Commercial Background, 1831-1832129
iiContes bruns: Une conversation entre onze heures et minuit and Le Grand d'Espagne; La Grande Breteche131
iiiFiction and Truth: La Message and Madame Firmiani136
ivFrom La Transaction to Le Colonel Chabert139
vLa Bourse and La Femme de trente ans [I]144
viLes Celibataires (F: Le Cure de Tours)146
8Another Destiny? From Louis Lambert to Le Pere Goriot, September 1832-March 1835152
iLouis Lambert and Le Medecin de Campagne153
iiTwo Types of Tale: La Grenadiere and La Femme abandonnee157
iiiLes Marana and the Break with the Revue159
ivForm and Fragmentation: From Ferragus to the Second Contes drolatiques160
vContes drolatiques: secund dixain162
viL'Illustre Gaudissart and Un drame au bord de la mer165
viiEugenie Grandet169
viiiLe Pere Goriot172
9Building the Cathedral, 1835-1838176
iEtudes de moeurs and Etudes philosophiques, Introductions177
iiMelmoth reconcilie and La Fille aux yeux d'or179
iiiBalzac's Stories for the Chronique de Paris (La Messe de l'athee, L'Interdiction, Facino Cane, La Confidence des Ruggieri)183
ivGambara191
vEnd of an Era: The Third dixain of Contes drolatiques195
10Relative Values, 1838-1839203
iA Philosophy of Composition? From Cesar Birotteau to Une fille d'Eve204
iiCesar Birotteau and La Maison Nucingen205
iiiLa Maison Nucingen207
ivConversation and Contingency: La Torpille211
vUne fille d'Eve216
11'Roi Des Romanciers?' Scenes, Satires, and Serials, 1839-1840224
iThe Preface to Une fille d'Eve225
iiLes Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan226
iiiThe Potential of Impotence: Massimilla Doni229
ivThe Limits of Satire: Pierre Grassou233
vLes Francais peints par eux-memes and Petites miseres de la vie conjugale237
12Towards the Comedie, 1840-1841242
iThe Revue parisienne242
iiZ. Marcas243
iiiLes Fantaisies de Claudine (F: Un Prince de la Boheme)246
ivLa Fausse Maitresse: Form and Fragmentation250
13'La Grrrrrrande Comedie', 1842-1845257
iComedie humaine, Avant-propos258
iiAutre etude de femme261
iiiHonorine264
ivThe End of the Story? Un homme d'affaires, Gaudissart II, and Les Comediens sans le savoir270
vGaudissart II and Les Comediens sans le savoir274
14Constellations and Supernovellas: Nouvelle and Novel, 1841-1844279
iConstellations279
iiLa Muse du departement284
iiiSupernovellas: Le Cure de village, Pierrette, and L'Envers de l'histoire contemporaine288
ivMoral Novels? Albert Savarus, Un debut dans la vie, and Modeste Mignon290
Conclusion: Balzac's Shorter Fictions302
Select Bibliography310
General Index339
Index of Works349


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