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Portrays and is structured by the effects of the perceptions of speed in the exchange of information and in the moving of people. This work explores the decisive impact the accelerated movement of people and information had on the fictions of four giants of French realism - Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, and Zola.

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"Bell's particular perspective draws attention to aspects of these texts that might otherwise go unnoticed. His readings are invariably perceptive, the writing intelligent and lively." --French Review

Real Time Accelerating Narrative from Balzac to

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      Publisher: University of Illinois Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/11/2003
      ISBN13: 9780252028724, 978-0252028724
      ISBN10: 0252028724

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Portrays and is structured by the effects of the perceptions of speed in the exchange of information and in the moving of people. This work explores the decisive impact the accelerated movement of people and information had on the fictions of four giants of French realism - Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, and Zola.

      Trade Review
      "Bell's particular perspective draws attention to aspects of these texts that might otherwise go unnoticed. His readings are invariably perceptive, the writing intelligent and lively." --French Review

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