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Page 419
... Balzac's mind , as may be deduced from the names he cites , is mystical , speculative , and vitalistic ; however ... Balzac in practice remains entirely within the orbit of the historical and perpet- ually changing structural elements of ...
... Balzac's mind , as may be deduced from the names he cites , is mystical , speculative , and vitalistic ; however ... Balzac in practice remains entirely within the orbit of the historical and perpet- ually changing structural elements of ...
Page 424
... Balzac , and the latter fa outdoes the former in organically connecting man and history Such a conception and execution are thoroughly historistic . We will now return to the second motif – ce ne seront pas des faits imaginaires ; ce ...
... Balzac , and the latter fa outdoes the former in organically connecting man and history Such a conception and execution are thoroughly historistic . We will now return to the second motif – ce ne seront pas des faits imaginaires ; ce ...
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... Balzac , but unmistakably . In these two basic characteristics the three writers are at one , in contradistinction to all earlier realism ; but Flaubert's attitude toward his subject is entirely different . In Stendhal and Balzac we ...
... Balzac , but unmistakably . In these two basic characteristics the three writers are at one , in contradistinction to all earlier realism ; but Flaubert's attitude toward his subject is entirely different . In Stendhal and Balzac we ...
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