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Although Balzac's work has been much studied, practically nothing has been written on his use of linguistic concepts. Applying a new approach, this perceptive book demonstrates that the theme and theory of language were central to Balzac's fiction. In considering how the novelist was influenced by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century speculation on language, Martin Kanes traces the development of Balzac's own linguistic ideas from his early to his later writings. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library ...

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Balzac's Comedy of Words 2016, Princeton University Press, New Jersey

ISBN-13: 9780691644615

Hardcover

Balzac's Comedy of Words 2015, Princeton University Press, New Jersey

ISBN-13: 9780691617473

Trade paperback

Balzac's Comedy of Words 1976, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691062822

Hardcover