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Definition of Balzacian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings.
Definition of Balzacian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Balzac or his writings ¹
2. Noun. A follower of Balzac, or an author who writes in his style ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balzacian
Literary usage of Balzacian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1907)
"It, and it only, supplies a coherent and satisfying explanation of the balzacian
quality ; and it is only surprising that difficulties should have been ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... has often been taken as a balzacian quintessence), and Autre étude de femme,
yet another rehandling of earlier work. In 1843 came the introduction of ..."
3. Paris Nights by Arnold Bennett (1913)
"Everything was balzacian; those who have read Balzac's provincial stories ...
I ventured into the great balzacian kitchen of the inn, all rafters and copper ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"... UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT BY BALZAC A'daring'manuscript in which he, in true
balzacian style, justifies a startling perversion of the common-law. ..."
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