The Quest of the Absolute
The Quest of the Absolute (French: La Recherche de l'absolu) is a novel by Honoré de Balzac.[1] The novel first appeared in 1834, with seven chapter-divisions, as a Scène de la vie privée; was published by itself in 1839 by Charpentier; and took its final place as a part of the Comédie in 1845.
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| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
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| Original title | La Recherche de l'absolu |
| Illustrator | Édouard Toudouze |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | La Comédie humaine |
Publication date | 1834 |
The astronomer Ernest Laugier helped Balzac in the use of chemical terminology in this novel.[2]
References
- Hayward, Margaret (April 1973). "Review: Balzac et 'La Recherche de l'Absolu' , by Madeleine Fargeaud". Modern Language Review. 68 (2): 416–422. JSTOR 3725892.
- "Quel est ce Laugier?". La Chronique Médicale. 14: 405–407. 1907.
External links
- The Quest of the Absolute (Ellen Marriage trans., 1895) at the Internet Archive
- Scott Sprenger, "In the End Was the Word: Balzac's Modernist Absolute," Anthropoetics VII, no. 1 Spring/ Summer 2001.
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