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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
| Title: | Honoré de Balzac Letters |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1832-1844 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC 177) |
| Abstract: | Four letters from the French novelist |
| Language: | French |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Honeré de Balzac was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature. His work, the bulk of which is collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, is a broad panorama of French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830-1848).
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Honoré de Balzac Letters consists of four outgoing letters, handwritten, in French, with typed English translations.
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Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
The library's Rare Books department has an extensive amount of Balzac-related material (books, serials, essays, etc). Please contact the repository listed above for further information.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Honoré de Balzac Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
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Created by: MRR
Date: Oct 2006
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