_x000B_In Real Time David F. Bell explores the decisive impact the accelerated movement of people and information had on the fictions of four giants of French realism--Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, and Zola. Nineteenth-century technological advances like...
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_x000B_In Real Time David F. Bell explores the decisive impact the accelerated movement of people and information had on the fictions of four giants of French realism--Balzac, Stendhal, Dumas, and Zola. Nineteenth-century technological advances like the railway, increased use of mail and the optical telegraph radically changed the ways French citizens viewed time, space, distance, and speed. Citing examples from a wide range of novels and stories, Bell demonstrates the ways in which trends of acceleration became not just literary devices but also structuring principles of the novels themselves. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Webs: Genealogies, Roads, Streets (Balzac) -- 2. Intersections: Realys, Stagecoaches, Walks (Balzac bis) -- 3. Performances: Horses, Optical Telegraphs (Stendhal) -- 4. Velocities: Precision, Overload (Dumas) -- Conclusion: Speed Kills (Zola) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
