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Stendhal's great novel The Red and the Black, published in 1830, is seen as one of the most distinguished monuments of literary realism. In this introductory study, Stirling Haig shows how this realism derives from the incorporation of both history and legal reportage into the novel, and how it combines autobiography with mimesis. Professor Haig locates the novel in the context of Stendhal's own experiences as a Commissariat officer in the Napoleonic army, journalist, opera-lover, salon dandy and traveller in Italy and Restoration France, and highlights the constant inter-penetration of personal, documentary, and fictional elements in Stendhal's writings.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Stendhal: The Red and the Black
• Author: Stirling Haig
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• EAN: 9780521349826
• ISBN: 0521349826
• ID: 02028207
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 144 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 205 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. June 1989

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