French biographer Andre Maurois titled his work on Balzac, “Prometheus, The Life of Balzac.” Prometheus, the mortal who fooled Zeus, then stole fire from the gods and gave it to man, is an archetype of the bringer of new things, and Balzac certainly deserves that description as well.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Definitely a contender ...
... Zealotry of Guerin: Balzac: The Greatest Novelist of them All?
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