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This chapter defines the motivations, scope and aims of Balzac Reframed: The Classical and Modern Faces of Éric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette. It begins by analysing the place of literature within the “politique des auteurs” group, with a particular emphasis on Rohmer and Rivette’s shared views on the concept of “academicism”. It also considers the classical connotations of the “young Turks” writings as a common affiliation with the nineteenth-century novel and point of departure of this long overdue investigation on Honoré de Balzac’s influence on the works of these two key but often neglected Nouvelle Vague figures.
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Tavassoli Zea, Z. (2019). Introduction. In: Balzac Reframed. Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30615-1_1
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