Stendhal: The Red and the Black (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521349826)

Stendhal's great novel The Red and the Black, published in 1830, is seen as one of the most distinguished monuments of literary realism. In this introductory study, Stirling Haig shows how this realism derives from the incorporation of both history and legal reportage into the novel, and how it combines autobiography with mimesis. Professor Haig locates the novel in the context of Stendhal's own experiences as a Commissariat officer in the Napoleonic army, journalist, opera-lover, salon dandy and traveller in Italy and Restoration France, and highlights the constant inter-penetration of personal, documentary, and fictional elements in Stendhal's writings.

Author: Stirling Haig, Haig Stirling
ISBN-10: 0521349826
ISBN-13: 9780521349826
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/22/1989
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.28d