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Balzac, la duchesse et l'idole: poetique du corps aristocratique.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20031001
Author:Donachie, Sarah F.
Balzac, la duchesse et l'idole: poetique du corps aristocratique. By MIREILLE LABOURET-GRARE. Paris: Champion. 2002. 495 pp. ISBN 2-7453-0452-6.
Expanding upon Mireille Labouret-Grare's doctoral thesis, this work analyses the 'double' role of the aristocrate in the novels of Honore de Balzac; not only is she a social 'type', she also has a 'dimension poetique' (p. 8). The first section of the book focuses upon the aristocrate's role as a 'passerelle entre nature et culture' (p. 9). She is compared to an actress, performing upon the various public stages of aristocratic life, and ...
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