Cousin Pons

Cousin PonsCousin Pons (1847) is a novel by French author Honor de Balzac. One of the final works in Balzacs La Comdie humaine sequence, Cousin Pons originally began as a novella before being extended to the length of a novel. It serves as both a beautiful meditation on the nature of Platonic male friendship and a vitriolic condemnation of the vanity and greed of the French bourgeoisie. In typical fashion, however, Balzac also turns a critical eye to the lower

Also included are nine critical responses from scholars and theatrical practitioners who consider the performance through lenses relating to time

A review of age studies methods in theory

It is now generally recognized that the extensive archaeological discoveries made in China over the last three decades necessitate such a rewriting and will keep an army of scholars busy for years to come

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In Volume One of Neusner's canonical compilations

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The essays in this volume re-examine

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