Balzac's Interior Descriptions as an Element in Characterization
1925; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 40; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/457225
ISSN1938-1530
Autores Tópico(s)Visual Culture and Art Theory
ResumoMuch has been said about Balzac's interior descriptions and their intrinsic value in his character portraitures, of his “oyster-and-its-shell” theory, as it is called, but very little exact analysis has been given them. Monsieur H. Clouzot's interesting article, L'Ameublement dans la Comédie Humaine d'Honoré de Balzac , is the only one which treats the subject at any length. Even here the author does not show how Balzac worked to obtain his effects, nor does he succeed in proving that a particular setting is as nearly indispensable to a complete rendering of the characterization as Balzac hoped and as his admirers have supposed.
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