Balzac Old Goriot [Paperback]

A new account of the novel's composition, structure and achievement provides readers with detailed literary and historical background and an explanation of how Balzac challenged prevailing expectations of the novel.A new account of the novel's composition, structure and achievement provides readers with detailed literary and historical background and an explanation of how Balzac challenged prevailing expectations of the novel.This up-to-date account of the novel's composition, structure, and achievement provides readers with the literary and historical knowledge needed to make sense of the text. Professor Bellos explains how Balzac challenged prevailing nineteenth-century expectations of what novels should be like.Chronology; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. The making of Old Goriot; 2. The achievement of Old Goriot; Bibliography.