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Real time : accelerating narrative from Balzac to Zola /

In "Real Time" David F. Bell 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. Nineteenth-century technological advances radically altered the infrastructure of France, ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, David F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Webs : genealogies, roads, streets (Balzac)
  • Intersections : relays, stagecoaches, walks (Balzac bis)
  • Performances : horses, optical telegraphs (Stendhal)
  • Velocities : precision, overload (Dumas)
  • Conclusion: speed kills (Zola).