Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century German Dramatists: First Series

The literary landscape after 1800 is marked by monumental achievements by fiction writers. Honore de Balzacs title La Comedie Humaine, with its suggestion of universality, fits well its creators vast ambitions, energies, and visions, both artistic and social. Victor Hugos first great novel, Notre-Dame de Paris dominates Romantic fiction the way the cathedral dominates the city in his masterful reconstruction. Add to the list such impressive writers as Stendhal and George Sand, as well as a score of additional well-recognized fiction writers of the century, and youll see how dominant fiction was during this period in France.

19 entries include: Honore de Balzac, Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Gustav Flaubert, Victor Hugo, George Sand, Etienne de Senancour, Stendhal, Alfred de Vigny.