TY - BOOK AU - Thiher,Allen TI - Fiction rivals science: the French novel from Balzac to Proust SN - 0826263461 (electronic bk.) AV - PQ653 .T48 2001eb U1 - 843/.809 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - French fiction KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - Literature and science KW - France KW - Science in literature KW - Roman fran�cais KW - 19e si�ecle KW - Histoire et critique KW - Litt�erature et sciences KW - Sciences dans la litt�erature KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index; Introduction to literature's encounter with science -- Balzac and the unity of knowledge -- Flaubert and the ambiguous victory of positivism -- Zola's collaborative rivalry with science -- Proust and the end of epistemic competition UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=113882 ER -