James Wood makes the sign of the cross and blesses the reader of his new article in the New Yorker with some very interesting thoughts. For instance “Does literature progress, like medicine or engineering?” I don’t believe it does, only that the fashions of it do. Wood here really lands a knockout punch in the first paragraph [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Balzac’
James Wood: Keeping it Squeal
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Balzac, Flaubert, James Wood, Literature, Realist Novel on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Balzac Society
Posted in Literary Hirsutes, tagged Balzac, Literary Societies on September 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Owning a set of the Complete Works of Balzac, a 40 volume one at that, and having delved into at least a third of those volumes I was struck with a question. Is there a Balzac Society in America or Europe? I have searched Google and unless there are a band of renegade Balzacians out [...]
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