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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*List of Abbreviations, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. Contemporary Theory and the Dissertation sur I'homme, pg. 15*CHAPTER II. From the Dissertation to La Peau de chagrin, pg. 41*CHAPTER III. La Peau de chagrin and the Problem of Creativity, pg. 65*CHAPTER IV. The Thought-Word Problem in the Comedie humaine, pg. 101*CHAPTER V. Language and Characterization in the Comedie humaine, pg. 129*CHAPTER VI. The Narrator and his Words: The Word-Event, pg. 167*CHAPTER VII. The Narrator, The Reader, and the Abolition of the Veil, pg. 189*CHAPTER VIII. Illusions perdues and the Word Game, pg. 219*Afterword, pg. 261*APPENDIX. The Text of the Dissertation sur Vhomme, pg. 265*Bibliography, pg. 275*Index, pg. 293

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691617473, 978-0691617473
      ISBN10: 0691617473

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      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*List of Abbreviations, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. Contemporary Theory and the Dissertation sur I'homme, pg. 15*CHAPTER II. From the Dissertation to La Peau de chagrin, pg. 41*CHAPTER III. La Peau de chagrin and the Problem of Creativity, pg. 65*CHAPTER IV. The Thought-Word Problem in the Comedie humaine, pg. 101*CHAPTER V. Language and Characterization in the Comedie humaine, pg. 129*CHAPTER VI. The Narrator and his Words: The Word-Event, pg. 167*CHAPTER VII. The Narrator, The Reader, and the Abolition of the Veil, pg. 189*CHAPTER VIII. Illusions perdues and the Word Game, pg. 219*Afterword, pg. 261*APPENDIX. The Text of the Dissertation sur Vhomme, pg. 265*Bibliography, pg. 275*Index, pg. 293

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