FRE 341: 19th-Century French Novel

Storm Jameson writes of Stendhal "as one speaks in suitable company of a friend". She knew him very well. Over the years she read everything available by him and she immersed herself in his life and his writings. This study, so lucidly and perceptively written, and providing so many insights, gives a marvellously concise picture of a rich and varied life.

In his introduction Harold Bloom suggests that, after Shakespeare, Stendhal teaches us all we need to know about sexual love. Stendhal's work is examined in this volume of Bloom's Major Novelists.

This book examines eroticism in Stendhal's writings. Alexandra Pion wrote this book as part of the Interférences series.

This biography of the nineteenth-century French novelist follows his childhood, his career in Napoleon's armies, his love affairs, and his diplomatic postings. The chapters are ordered chronologically.

The modern spirit that runs through Stendhal's writing is one of the many themes Emile J. Talbot explores in this insightful, comprehensive analysis of Stendhal's work. Focusing on the novels, Talbot argues that, narratologically, Stendhal's work has closer ties to the eighteenth-century novel than to novels published during Stendhal's own time. Although Stendhal participates in the trend toward greater realistic representation, Talbot finds that his realism seeks to involve the reader in the process of representation.

An examination of the role of time in various works by Stendhal, this book aims to demonstrate how the French writer's concern with temporality is reflected in his construction of narrative. Two of the five chapters focus on Stendhal's novel The Charterhouse of Parma.