Introduction to the Dramas of Balzac

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Introduction to the Dramas of Balzac, by Epiphanius Wilson and J. Walker McSpaddenThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Introduction to the Dramas of BalzacAuthor: Epiphanius Wilson and J. Walker McSpaddenRelease Date: February 3, 2006 [EBook #8598]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DRAMAS OF BALZAC ***Produced by John Bickers and DagnyINTRODUCTION TO THE DRAMAS OF BALZACBYEPIPHANIUS WILSON AND J. WALKER MCSPADDENCONTENTS Balzac as a Dramatist By Epiphanius Wilson Introduction By J. Walker McSpaddenBALZAC AS A DRAMATISTBYEPIPHANIUS WILSONHonore de Balzac is known to the world in general as a novel-writer, a producer of romances, in which begin the reign ofrealism in French fiction. His Comedie Humaine is a description of French society, as it existed from the time of theRevolution to that of the Restoration. In this series of stories we find the author engaged in analyzing the manners,motives and external life of the French man and woman in all grades of society. When we open these volumes, we entera gallery of striking and varied pictures, which glow with all the color, chiaroscuro and life-like detail of a Dutch panel. Thepower of Balzac is unique as a descriptive writer; ...