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by Gilles Castagnes (Editor)
The journal Realisme (1856-1857), which was under the direction of Duranty, is a key document in the history of the realist movement. This first critical edition containing every issue of the journal is supplemented by a dossier of press articles that the collaborators have brought together as well as by previously unpublished manuscripts.
Author Biography
Gilles Castagnes est professeur de langue et litterature francaises a l'universite Sogang de Seoul. Specialiste du XIX siecle, il s'interesse en particulier aux romans romantiques et realistes. Il a collabore a plusieurs ouvrages sur Alfred de Musset et a publie des etudes sur Zola, Balzac et Mme de Stael.