Edmond de Goncourt and the Novel
Subtitle: Naturalism and Decadence (Faux Titre 264) (Faux Titre)
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9789042016460
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: 19th century; Modern - 19th Century; History; History - General History; French; History: World; Roman Literature
First sentence: In comparison with other novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century, and regardless of their considerable reputation at the time, the Goncourt brothers have been all but ignored except in the context of their Journal and the Prix Goncourt, which has just celebrated its centenary.