1 option
Savage reprisals : Bleak house, Madame Bovary, Buddenbrooks / Peter Gay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gay, Peter, 1923-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- European fiction.
- European fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak House.
- Dickens, Charles.
- Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.
- Flaubert, Gustave.
- Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Buddenbrooks.
- Mann, Thomas.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2002]
- Summary:
- This revelatory work examines the intricate relationship between history and literature, truth and fiction, with some surprising conclusions. 4 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Beyond the Reality Principle 17
- 1 The Angry Anarchist: Charles Dickens in / Bleak House 35
- 2 The Phobic Anatomist: Gustave Flaubert in / Madame Bovary 71
- 3 The Mutinous Patrician: Thomas Mann in / Buddenbrooks 111
- Epilogue: Truths of Fictions 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393051188
- OCLC:
- 49384045
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.