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Balzac, Honoré de
(Encyclopedia)Balzac, Honoré de bl´zk, bôl–, Fr. nôr´ d bälzäk´ [key], 1799–1850, French novelist, b. Tours. Balzac ranks among the great masters of the novel. Of a bourgeois family, he himsel...Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de
(Encyclopedia)Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de zhäN lw g d bälzäk´ [key], 1597?–1654, French writer. His Lettres (1624, tr. 1634) and other writings were a great influence in reforming French prose. Their sty...Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Traviès de Villers, Charles Joseph shärl zhôzf´ trävys´ d vlr´ [key], 1804–59, French caricaturist and painter, b. Switzerland. He founded and was a prolific contributor to the popu...Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de kätrn´ d vvôn´ märkz´ d räNbooy´ [key], 1588–1665, famous Frenchwoman, whose salon exercised a profound influence on French liter...Chouans
(Encyclopedia)Chouans shoo´nz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was Jean Cottereau, traditional...Huygens, Constantijn
(Encyclopedia)Huygens, Constantijn kônstäntn´ hoi´gns [key], 1596–1687, Dutch humanist and poet, b. The Hague; father of Christiaan Huygens. He was broadly educated in languages, law, and social protocol ...Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée
(Encyclopedia)Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée zhül ämd´ bärb´ drvy´ [key], 1808–89, French writer and critic. An aristocrat and monarchist, he supported himself by journalism; his output of c...Doré, Gustave
(Encyclopedia)Doré, Gustave güstäv´ dôr´ [key], 1832–83, French illustrator, engraver, painter, and sculptor. He is best known for his highly imaginative and dramatic illustrations. At first he did his ow...Touraine
(Encyclopedia)Touraine toorn´ [key], region and former province (until the French Revolution), W central France, centering around Tours (the historic capital) and drained by the Loire, Cher, and Vienne rivers....realism
(Encyclopedia)realism, in literature, an approach that attempts to describe life without idealization or romantic subjectivity. Although realism is not limited to any one century or group of writers, t is most oft...Browse by Subject
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