Write the Manuscript of a Book on Honore de Balzac's La Comedie Humaine
FAIN: FT-11918-74
Sonja G. Stary
University of Missouri, St. Louis (St. Louis, MO 63121)
To study Balzac's treatment of evil characters, his interpretation of what a "moral crime" is, and his method of determining how each crime should be expiated on earth. The study will encompass about 100 novels and will propose a system of punishments being applied by the author to his malefactors.