{"product_id":"honore-de-balzac-hardcover","title":"Honoré de Balzac - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book on the experience of reading Honoré de Balzac's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Comédie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e humaine which recounts the process of Peter Brooks's own discovery of Balzac.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA personal account of coming to terms with Balzac: moving from more classical and restrained authors to the highly-coloured melodramatic novels of the \u003cem\u003eHuman Comedy, \u003c\/em\u003e which give us the dynamics of a new and challenging world on the threshold of modernity. This volume shows readers how to read, and to love reading, Balzac, and how to engage with his vast work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Brooks, \u003cem\u003eSterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus, Yale University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Brooks has taught mainly at Yale University, where he is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus; he has held positions also at the University of Virginia, Princeton University, the universities of Oxford, Bologna, and Copenhagen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.52 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096779427975,"sku":"9780192846709","price":44.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e5dba9efd2252e875dc4f18d99873f72.webp?v=1732345382","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/honore-de-balzac-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}