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The Misfit of the Family: Balzac and the Social Forms of Sexuality (Series Q),Used
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In more than ninety novels and novellas, Honor de Balzac (17991850) created a universe teeming with over two thousand characters. The Misfit of the Family reveals how Balzac, in imagining the dense, vividly rendered social world of his novels, used his writing as a powerful means to understand and analyzeas well as representa range of forms of sexuality. Moving away from the many psychoanalytic approaches to the novelist's work, Michael Lucey contends that in order to grasp the full complexity with which sexuality was understood by Balzac, it is necessary to appreciate how he conceived of its relation to family, history, economics, law, and all the many structures within which sexualities take form.The Misfit of the Family is a compelling argument that Balzac must be taken seriously as a major inventor and purveyor of new tools for analyzing connections between the sexual and the social. Luceys account of the novelists deployment of 'sexual misfits' to impel a wide range of his most canonical worksCousin Pons, Cousin Bette, Eugenie Grandet, Lost Illusions, The Girl with the Golden Eyesdemonstrates how even the flexible umbrella term 'queer' barely covers the enormous diversity of erotic and social behaviors of his characters. Lucey draws on the thinking of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu and engages the work of critics of nineteenthcentury French fiction, including Naomi Schor, D. A. Miller, Franco Moretti, and others. His reflections on Proust as Balzacs most cannily attentive reader suggest how the lines of social and erotic force he locates in Balzacs work continued to manifest themselves in twentiethcentury writing and society.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'The Misfit of the Family'? A: 'The Misfit of the Family' explores how Honoré de Balzac used his novels to analyze and represent various forms of sexuality in relation to family and social structures.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'The Misfit of the Family' is Michael Lucey.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: 'The Misfit of the Family' contains 344 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'The Misfit of the Family' published? A: The book was published on August 25, 2003.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: 'The Misfit of the Family' is listed as a new book.
- Q: What is the category of this book? A: The book falls under the category of Sexuality.
- Q: What are the key features of this book? A: One key feature of 'The Misfit of the Family' is that it is a used book in good condition.
- Q: Does this book provide a psychoanalytic perspective on Balzac's work? A: 'The Misfit of the Family' moves away from psychoanalytic approaches, focusing instead on the relationship between sexuality and social structures.
- Q: What notable works of Balzac does this book discuss? A: The book discusses several of Balzac's canonical works, including 'Cousin Pons', 'Cousin Bette', and 'Lost Illusions'.