Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary / Stephen Heath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heath, Stephen.

Series:

Landmarks of world literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.

Flaubert, Gustave.

Physical Description:

ix, 157 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Flaubert, Madame Bovary.

Madame Bovary.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Summary:

This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read literary masterpieces. Each book is devoted to a single work and provides a close reading of that text, as well as a full account of its historical, cultural, and intellectual background, a discussion of its influence, and a guide to further reading. The contributors to the series give full consideration to the linguistic issues raised by each text, and, within the overall framework of the series, are given complete freedom in the choice of their critical method. Where the text is written in a language other than English, full account is taken of readers studying the text in English translation. While critical jargon is avoided, important technical terminology is fully explained and thus this series will be genuinely accessible to students at all levels and to general readers.

Contents:

1 Madame Bovary: composition and context 4

Writing Madame Bovary 4

1830-1850 8

The third attempt 19

Realism 28

Publication 39

Reception 49

2 Madame Bovary: novel and art 53

Provincial manners 53

Reading 65

Adultery 80

Fate 88

'Madame Bovary, c'est moi!' 91

Writing hysteria 95

Impersonality 104

The art of the novel 117

3 Madame Bovary: sequels and effects 137.

Notes:

Cover title: Flaubert, Madame Bovary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157).

ISBN:

0521328055

0521314836

OCLC:

23869232