TY - EJOUR A1 - Pavel, Thomas TI - Historicism and Beyond - Balzac Seen by a Foreign Critic, Ernst Robert Curtius T2 - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac 2018, n° 1. Balzac et l’étranger JO - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac (ISSN 2649-2571), 1, 2018 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08262-0.p.0025 SN - 2649-2571 SP - 25 EP - 36 AB - Several critics, including Ferdinand Brunetière, have turned their attention to Balzac’s realism, especially his interest in the details of the social and historical reality of his time. The German critic Ernst Robert Curtius, however, pointed to elements in Balzac’s work that surpass this strictly historical context, in particular the energy, passion, power, and knowledge seen as universal aspects of the human condition. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/25 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Realism, mysticism, inner life, passion, secret LA - eng UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/the-balzac-review-revue-balzac-2018-n-1-balzac-et-l-etranger-historicism-and-beyond-en.html Y2 - 2024/07/17 ER -