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The programme first considers brieflt whether Balzac seems to function in his own right as an art critic, or presents the artist's work as an analogy of his own creative labours.The programme explo...res the contrast Balzac sets up between beautiful women as works of art and the ugly ones as sketches, and the relationship of both to the contemporary world of bourgeois reality, as depicted in Daumier's cartoons.
The programme first considers brieflt whether Balzac seems to function in his own right as an art critic, or presents the artist's work as an analogy of his own creative labours.The programme explo...res the contrast Balzac sets up between beautiful women as works of art and the ugly ones as sketches, and the relationship of both to the contemporary world of bourgeois reality, as depicted in Daumier's cartoons.
| Module code and title: | A312, The nineteenth century novel and its legacy |
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| Item code: | A312; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 26-04-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:46 |
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| Producer: | Roger Thompson |
| Contributors: | Joss Ackland; John Carthew |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Balzac, Honore; Cousin Bette; Novel writing |
| Master spool number: | HOU3754 |
| Production number: | FOUA093K |
| Videofinder number: | 1904 |
| Available to public: | no |
