Balzac Honoré de - Balzac and the model of painting: Artist stories in La Comédie humaine

BALZAC AND THE MODEL OF PAINTING
ARTIST STORIES IN LA COMDIE HUMAINE

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Artist Stories in 'La Comdie humaine'

Diana Knight

First published 2007

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FOR
MARIAN HOBSON

This monograph derives from research funded by the exceptional generosity of The Leverhulme Trust, whose award of a Major Research Fellowship allowed me to reinvent myself as a Balzac specialist. Sections of was first published. I am grateful for the many useful questions put to me by these audiences, for the very constructive suggestions of the Legenda Editorial Committee and for those of its anonymous readers. Of the friends who have directly or indirectly supported my work on Balzac, both in Nottingham and in Paris, I am especially indebted to Owen Heathcote.