The Cambridge companion to Balzac / edited by Owen Heathcote, Andrew Watts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Andrew Watts -- Balzac: a portrait of the novelist as social historian and scientist / Elisabeth Gerwin -- Balzac's early works / Michael Tilby -- Balzac's correspondence / Ewa Szypula -- Fantasy and reality in La peau de chagrin / David F. Bell -- Balzac, money and the pursuit of power / Allan H. Pasco -- Le PeÌre Goriot: arrivisme and the Parisian morality tale / Armine Kotin Martimer -- Illusions perdues: writesr, artists and the reflexive novel / Sotirios Paraschas -- Balzac, gender and sexuality: La Cousine Bette / Dorothy Kelly -- Space, religion and politics in the SceÌnes de la vie de campagne / Owen Heathcote -- Balzac's shorter fiction / Tim Farrant -- Adapting Balzac / Andrew Watts -- Balzac's legacy / Scott Lee -- Epilogues. Dual Balzac / Chantal Chawaf -- Living Balzac / EÌric Jourdan.