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Want to understand Honoré de Balzac? Try Dungeons & Dragons instead of literary theory

Most people think originality comes from endless freedom. Dungeons & Dragons suggests the opposite.

25.02.2026 10

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Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala

Balzac’s realism is not merely descriptive but architectural: a literary mandala of modern society

29.08.2025 7

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