“Can hardly be disregarded in any study of Balzac’s literary art.”
| + + | Dial. 42: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 230w. |
“Whoever cares for literary morphology, whoever delights in following the organic evolution of literary form, will find in Brunetière’s ‘Balzac’ a work of genuine fascination. The book appeals to one with all the delightful freshness of a work of creative art.”
| + + | Ind. 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 1030w. | |
| Ind. 63: 1229. N. 21, ’07. 140w. |
“Less brilliant than the celebrated study by Taine, to which it frequently refers, this work is marked by the more exhaustive and comparative criticism made possible by a wider perspective and greater distance of time.”
| + + | Lit. D. 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 280w. | |
| + | Nation. 84: 16. Ja. 3, ’07. 850w. |
“It is a sober, solid, piece of workmanship, not especially illuminating, though surprisingly liberal in its attitude toward and in its judgments of Balzac’s moral influence for a man of Brunetière’s narrow, hard, and dogmatic temperament. The translation is idiomatic.” James Huneker.
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 902. D. 29, ’06. 280w. |
“The book will certainly rouse much controversy. There are whole chapters that ring like a challenge, and many who will accept the author’s conclusions will refuse to follow him through the steps of his demonstrations. Interesting and important as his book is, we feel that it would have carried farther had its author never become involved in literary Darwinism.” Christian Gauss.
| + + − | No. Am. 184: 532. Mr. 1, ’07. 1580w. |