TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thesen,Doreen
TI  - The function of gift exchange in Stendhal and Balzac
SN  - 9780820448824
U1  - 843.7 23
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - P. Lang Pub.
KW  - Stendhal, 1783-1842 -- Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Gifts in literature
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Stendhal, 1783-1842
KW  - Balzac, honore de, 1799-1850
KW  - French fiction, history and criticism
N2  - "In this book, a selection of writings by Stendhal and Balzac is studied to see how gift exchange functions in these authors' representations of France in the early nineteenth century, a period during which money emerged as a universal social mediator. The gift is studied from two main perspectives: true gift as a means of establishing a positive relationship and gift as a facade masking and facilitating commercial transactions."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -