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Tag: Stendhal

247. (Stendhal)

  Stendhal is exhausting and bracing because his energy is relentless and directed relentlessly to one end: the refusal of … More

French literature, narration, Realism, Stendhal, the novel

245. (Stendhal)

Stendhal’s romanticism has been described by Erich Auerbach in terms of “atmosphere,” a unifying relation of place, person, and time … More

Romanticism, Stendhal, the novel

244. (Stendhal)

Stendhal’s narration is a perpetual mystery of European literature; it goes hand in hand with his characterization (as narration usually … More

narration, narrative, Stendhal, the novel

33. (Stendhal)

Minor characters blaze into majority; major events are subordinated to asides; the tempo feels all wrong, the climax abrupt, the … More

George Eliot, Prose, Realism, Stendhal, T.S. Eliot, the novel, Tolstoy
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