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Author Prendergast, Christopher.

Title The order of mimesis : Balzac, Stendhal, Nerval, Flaubert / Christopher Prendergast
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Description vii, 288 pages ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge studies in French
Cambridge studies in French.
Contents Machine derived contents note: General editors preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The order of mimesis: poison, nausea, health; 2. The economy of mimesis; 3. Balzac: narrative contracts; 4. Stendhal: the ethics of verisimilitude; 5. Nerval: the madness of mimesis; 6. Flaubert: the stupidity of mimesis; 7. Conclusion: mimesis, a matter for the police?; Notes; Translations; Select bibliography; Index
Analysis Fiction in French, 1815-1900. Mimesis
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 282-284
Subject Stendhal, 1783-1842 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honore de
Balzac, HonoreÌ de, 1799-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.
Nerval, GeÌrard de, 1808-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation
Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855.
Stendhal, 1783-1842.
SUBJECT Stendhal, 1783-1842 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095494 -- Criticism and interpretation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005576
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation
Mimesis http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86742975 -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011414
Subject French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Mimesis in literature.
LC no. 85018998
ISBN 0521237890