Honoré de Balzac

Peter Brooks has taught mainly at Yale University, where he is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus; he has held positions also at the University of Virginia, Princeton University, the universities of Oxford, Bologna, and Copenhagen.

Brooks never ceases to intrigue readers by his deeply probing work of literary and critical scholarship.

• 1: Balzac: Reading for More 2: Fangs and Kisses 3: Making Books, Devouring Presses 4: The Shape of Time 5: To Say Everything Acknowledgements Further Reading Notes Index