Importing Madame Bovary : the politics of adultery / Elizabeth Amann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amann, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880.

European fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

European fiction.

Adultery in literature.

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.

Flaubert, Gustave.

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880--Characters--Emma Bovary.

Bovary, Emma (Fictitious character).

Physical Description:

276 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

After its "succè s de scandale" in France in 1856, Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" traveled across Europe leaving in its wake controversy, debate and a trail of imitations and rewritings. At times, these adaptations were so close that contemporaries dismissed them as plagiarisms; yet paradoxically the same novels achieved canonical status in their national traditions. This study traces "Madame Bovary"'s journey abroad and seeks to understand why the novel was imported and given such import in foreign literatures. It shows how the French masterpiece became the centerpiece of a transnational reflection on political history and particularly the problem of revolution. In the process, Amann examines how the rewritings offer clues for reinterpreting Flaubert's work and the adultery novel as a genre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-265) and index.

ISBN:

1403976066

9781403976062

OCLC:

68192605

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