"The purpose of this study is to fix the point of origin of Balzac's technique of reappearing character and to trace its development"--Preface

Texts about paintings, painters and sculptors are obvious test cases for issues of representation. A significant corpus of artist stories is scattered through H

This is the first study of Balzac's work to examine theatre in La Comédie humaine both as a theme in itself and for its influence on Balzac's techniques and mo