Textual hauntings : studies in Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux / Edward J. Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallagher, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.

Flaubert, Gustave.

Mauriac, François, 1885-1970. Thérèse Desqueyroux.

Mauriac, François.

Physical Description:

vi, 134 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Studies in Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2005]

Summary:

Therse Desqueyroux, Franois Mauriac's stark and introspective 1927 novel, appears to be quite a different tale from Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert's succs de scandale published exactly seventy years earlier. Yet upon closer scrutiny, the two novels' similarities become undeniable. The preponderance of parallelisms surely cannot be attributed to happenstance, nor can one agree with the contention that Mauriac must have been inspired, unconsciously and unbeknownst to him, by the literary model of Madame Bovary. Textual Hauntings examination and reflections on these two novels leads to a deeper appreciation and a better understanding of each work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-131) and index.

ISBN:

0761832017

0761832025

OCLC:

61148617