TY - EJOUR A1 - Gambino, Francesco TI - Balzac and the Narrative Tension of Credit T2 - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac 2022, n° 5. La morale/Morality JO - The Balzac Review / Revue Balzac (ISSN 2649-2571), 5, 2022 DO - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-13306-3.p.0169 SN - 2649-2571 SP - 169 EP - 185 AB - Inspired by a text that came off Balzac’s printing press in 1827, this article reflects on the metaphor of credit in Balzac’s work. The law of credit is not only one of the main vectors of the social energy of a liberal economy; it is also a modality of interpersonal relationship where power relations—between debtor and creditor—can be freed from the chains of a legal bond, be modified, and finally be reversed. PY - 2022 DA - 2022/07/27 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - credit, relationship, debt, heritage, duty LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/the-balzac-review-revue-balzac-2022-n-5-la-morale-morality-balzac-and-the-narrative-tension-of-credit.html Y2 - 2024/05/20 ER -