INDEX

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Preface xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS xvii
6. 1. Systematic Realism 1
7. 2. Interpretation: Le Pere Goriot and The American 21
8. 3. Representation: Illusions perdues and The Princess Casamassima 56
9. 4. Late Balzacian Realism: La Cousine Bette 100
10. 5. Realism, the Drama of Consciousness, and the Text: The Wings of the Dove 130
11. CONCLUSION 171
12. NOTES 175
13. INDEX 201
14. Backmatter 205